This Day in History: 1924-05-18

WGCDR Stanley Goble and FLTLT Ivor McIntyre continued their around-Australia flight in Fairey IIID A10-3 on Sunday 18 May 1924 (journey day 43, flying day 20). They left Port Lincoln at 11:06 am on the 18th of May and had a good passage to Beachport, South Australia, arriving at 2:35 pm. A bad rain squall was experienced off Kingston en route. They were met by Flt. Lt. Harman and a mechanic from Point Cook, who refuelled and checked the seaplane. Source: The First Round-Australia Flight, 1924 by Neville Parnell, AHSA Journal, vol 6, no 12, December 1965 and NAA: A9376, 92, Round Australia seaplane flight 1924 – Wing Commander Goble and Flight Lieutenant McIntyre