Round The World By Air In Eight Days Mr. Wynford Vaughan Thomas talking to Sir Miles Thomas his arrival. The B.B.C. microphones are held by Mr. John Snagge, who introduced the "Round the World in Eight Days" programmes. On September 27th, Mr. Wynford Vaughan Thomas, B.B.C. commentator, and Mr. Charles de Jaeger, television cameraman, who recently passed through Sydney on their eight days flight round the world, arrived back at London Airport by B. O.A. C. Constellation from Montreal. They were 1? hours ahead of schedule after having circled the globe by four airlines of the British Commonwealth in the allotted time. September 1, 1949. (Photo by British Overseas Airways Corporation Press Section).