The last historic flight by 'SS was one of its greatest. Flown by Clouston and Victor Ricketts, it took off from Gravesend on March 15th 1938, reached Sydney in 80 hours 56 minutes, crossed the Tasman Sea to Blenheim (where Clouston had learnt to fly), New Zealand, in 7½ hours, stopped overnight, then returned to Croydon on March 26th.