25 FEBRUARY 1928, Page 3

Mr. Hinkler, an Australian, and his British Avro-Avian biplane have

succeeded in a wonderful feat. He has flown alone from England to Northern Australia in sixteen days, arriving at Port Darwin on Wednesday. He must have flown 12,000 miles to reach a point over 10,000 miles from Croydon. Favoured by good weather he did all that he asked of himself and his machine. His route was by Italy, Malta, North Africa, the Persian Gulf, India, Burma and the Dutch East Indies. We congratulate him heartily. The value of this feat of skill and endurance will lie in the lessons to be learnt from it and applied first to the carriage of mails.