An avid aviation buff, Seven National News reporter Steve Whitham, couldn't pass up a chance to get a close-up look at one of the replica Bulldog biplanes used in the Channel Seven mini-series, "A Thousand Skies", during its round Australia flight. Steve talked with chief pilot Peter Smart who is trying to break Charles Kingsford Smith's record of ten days and five hours. [B 70869/14061] • Photograph