Originally Posted by
renfrew
G-AGID was one of the BOAC Catalinas loaned to QANTAS for the Ceylon to Perth service.
Flights lasted between 24 and 30 hours which must have been an ordeal for passengers and crew.
There is an excellent and lengthy account of such a wave-skimming 24 hour Catalina flight, albeit on the other side of the world from Prestwick to Halifax, in the book "Croissants at Croydon", by Jack Bamford, published by Sutton Council Libraries. Done in the winter, that was just a single overnight, but still took 24 hours !