Just a small point of historical accuracy.
The ABC report is wrong when it says,
"I'm feeling just a bit windblown, sunburnt and a bit punch drunk," a jubilant but weary Curtis-Taylor told assembled media as she stood in front of her aircraft in Darwin.
"This is where Amy Johnson touched down in 1930, so Darwin was the big moment for her.,
The current Darwin airport was not where Amy landed, in 1930 the Darwin Airport was at Parap and what is now Ross Smith Ave was the runway.
I suppose that is another one of those either minor inaccuracies that seem to regularly populate this story or maybe just the ABC reporter misunderstood what was being related to them.
There is a whole thread at
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...ew-africa.html that will add color and clarity to this story.
CC