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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 …
FIRST STAGE TO JAPAN The Australian Navy took me into Sydney Harbour, and then I had to set about finding refuelling places and the necessary permits for the second …
I dreaded the thought of Sydney, and its crowds, but my job was to reach it. The launch was crowded with sailors, and at 20 yards their robust personalities …
The meteorite is riven with tiny fractures caused whilst still on Mars which contain carbonate and iron sulphide particles. These may contain some of the original building blocks of …