FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1926
1926 - 0739.PDF
OCTOBER 7, 1926 have achieved our task in finishing the flight right back here to Westminster. I thank you very much indeed." Mr. Cobham then sat down, but immediately rose again, and turning to Sir Samuel Hoare, said that he had with him a very important mail which he had carried from Australia, and thought that he had better hand them over —adding that he thought that he had beaten the boat.i Mr. Cobham then produced a sealed packet addressed to the Colonial Secretary, which, he explained, contained a letter from the Governor- General of Australia to the King, and another to Mr. Amery, the Secretary of State for the Dominions. He also brought letters from Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister of Australia, to Sir Samuel Hoare, to Mr. Amery, to Lord Southborough, and, among other people, to Lord Haig, Sir Charles Wakefield and Mr. Lloyd George. At the conclusion of the official reception, Mr. Cobham and Mrs. Cobham then made their way, not without some difficulty, to the Press room, where Cobham stated that the important point was that the whole flight had been carried out without any delay due either to machine or engine, so that from a mechanical point of view the aeroplane was as near perfect as any form of transport could be. The journey had enabled them to revise their first idea of the best seaplane bases along the route, while the experience of the monsoons would help considerably when the time came to plan out actual air routes. Much valuable data had been lected for this pur- pose. The route from Cal- cutta to Port Darwin was, he thought, ideal for sea- planes, and, in spite of the monsoons, which lasted only for a definite period each year, he believed that, with proper weather report systems, a high degree of regularity in an air service could be maintained. " I believe also," he added, " that the flight will give a tremendous fillip to aviation in Australia. I am surprised [" FLIGHT " Photographs ENGLAND—AUSTRALIA—ENGLAND : Above, the Godfather of the Big Flight, Sir Chas. Wakefield, saysa few words of welcome, and below, " Alan J." responds, then (right) delivers the mail, etc., brought back from Australia. :-—•- -. -:,--•••••• :• 655 - 4
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
