And to get you started: is it airplane or aeroplane?
Billy Hughes dangled a carrot in 1919. The Australian PM offered 10,000 quid to the first Australians in a British aircraft to fly from Great Britain to Australia. The time limit was 30 days, which now entails a layover holiday, but not for the Smith brothers, who accepted the challenge.
“The game was popped into Christmas stockings,” as Alan Stennett wrote, a volunteer at the Powerhouse Museum, where a copy of the game is kept. “I’m sure it helped many families pass their time in isolation, the world still reeling from the Spanish flu pandemic.” Airplane or aeroplane? Did the museum caption get it right, or were the board-game panels the more reliable source? The Powerhouse plumped for air, while the table-top race voted for aero, leaving Alan in a flap. In the spirit of the Smith brothers, I looped back to early England to check the words’ travel records.
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