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Portuguese airline ARTOP (Aero-Topográfica), which had inherited the service between Lisbon and Madeira from the defunct Aquila Airways. On 9 November 1958, accompanied by co-pilot Thomas Rowell, four other crew and 30 passengers, he
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Starting on 17 May 1935, he piloted his new Puss Moth (VH-UQO, named "Dabs III") over 7,140 miles (11,491 km), flying from
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Leopard Moth (VH-AHB) in an attempt to break the England to Australia record, but he ran out of fuel and landed short of Baghdad due to headwinds and dust storms.
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England to Australia record, which he achieved after arriving at Darwin after 5 days 4 hours 21 minutes.
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on 25 March 1910 as Harry Frank Gibbs. His father, Joseph Gibbs, was a singer and actor whose stage name was Frank
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