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AIR RECORD
Australian Service
ILION MILES BY 'PLANE
"jbt may,bo considered one of the fist'achievements in the history ifamercial aviation, was recorded fiii; when Australian Aerial Sor tas, 'completed tfcuir initial million 4iof air travel without injury or
italie fatality to any .one. ol' the
li.ll! passengers down. This, dls £ii'J»'àn'è(|'uivalenl.'to. ,4 2 Unies
Wildíhc world or just .short of four lip)from Australia (o the moon.
?Ws remarkable record of '.safety uta obtained by keen, co-opora Ital ot all members ol' an ellicient
iii who adhere strictly to reg-ula I« In the maintenance and opera Ibn ot a well e(|iii]»i>ed Heel.
This organisation, I i leu most kiic
concerns, started in a very mall »ay In lill» when, will» ils first ¡»plane a SopwiLh "Dove" housed i a canvas hangar (used also as a mirai worksholO at -Cilenhtmtloy, Bourne, educational llijihts of len isülfs duration were niven ut Vlfli »r head. The lirai nlfîht flight in ítwllii was made in (his machine «r "Hutley on the 1'arra" in Oc !«, 191». *
Uli' total nyilil? activities of lhi aiiany exceed those of any other wnf in Australia, 10,000 miles be tnoun weekly, of which 75 nei-
ll is imsubslillsod.
fa Aral all-Australian designed ítollt tiiplii-englned Kaloon mono toe "i^isi-ondor" lias been eom W, anil has demonstrated beyond Muht that it will supporl. its full »land clititl).on any two ciiKhie.-i.