It was the early 1950s and the young Dutchman, then working as a painting contractor, was flying from Perth to Derby on business. When it’s up to cruising speed, a DC3 plods along at fairly sedate 300 kph, so Woldendorp and his fellow passengers would have had a good five or six hours to gaze at the scenery.

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It was the early 1950s and the young Dutchman, then working as a painting contractor, was flying from Perth to Derby on business. When it’s up to cruising speed, a DC3 plods along at fairly sedate 300 kph, so Woldendorp and his fellow passengers would have had a good five or six hours to gaze at the scenery.

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