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FRESH START The magnetos had returned with the dope-resisting paint, and one morning I set about fixing and timing them. I had not had much to do with motors, …
One morning Roley took me aside. ‘Look here, Chicko, he said, ‘I know another girl who would help with the sewing. ‘Who’s that?’ ‘Ah, ha! said he. I thought, …
The doping was not the short job we had expected. We seldom had two hours in the morning or afternoon warm enough for it, and as we had to …
Apart from the riblets of the leading edges and trailing edges, there were ten ribs for each of the four wings. Each of these was made of twenty-one pieces …
I set to work and made up a list of the material and replacements I should need. This made fourteen pages. Then began a strange, but strangely happy period …
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 …
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 …