The MacRobertson Air Race got underway in spectacular fashion, with a pilot trying to take off but forgetting to release the brake.
Once in the air, things got only more confused, with emergency landings, crashes, and pilots getting arrested by Benito Mussolini’s men.
Soon the first planes would arrive in Australia, and the people of Albury would play a major role in saving one plane from disaster.
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