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In the morning, after the comprador of the petrol depot had painted ‘A fair wind and an easy voyage on the fuselage in Chinese characters, I let the seaplane …
Herculean Efforts Dinner has been arranged for 10 o’clock. Just before it is served we all gather in a private dining room arranged by the hotel manager. Annie, Lesley …
Return From the Bottom of the World Flying back to White Fields, I keep up a barrage of comments, jokes and queries to help prevent Max nodding off. This …
The Windiest City My initial flight is to Santiago, the capital of Chile, but after 11 hours flying across the Atlantic there is first an hour stopover in Sao …
Getting My Rocks Off Finally I sleep well and then wake early. I quickly dress and use the latrine and wash hut using some of my precious container water. …
Rockhampton was a queer place, though full of character. There were a lot of odd-looking boats in the river and I had difficulty in persuading boatloads of youths not …
He offered to have the seaplane launched for me, but I declined, mounted the cowling, and held the crane hook under the sling wires myself. The seaplane was swung …
The Dutch Government refused me permission to fly over New Guinea unless I guaranteed to repay any expenses incurred in looking for me. I imagined myself working for the …