FASTEST AIR-LINER
VETERAN PILOT'S RECORD.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS STAFF
LONDON, May 23
The! new Imperial Airways liner Diana, the fastest air. liner in the world, which tomorrow, will make a thousand-miles tour of the aerodromes in Britain as part of the Empire Air Day. celebrations, will be piloted by Captain 0. P. Jones, who has flown more than 1,000,000 miles. As an air taier pilot, Captain Jones has flown across the Channel 4-500 times and has carried 65,000 passengers. In all he has spent 10,000 hours or more than one year, at the controls of flying machines. His record is very nearly ■ equalled by seven other veteran pilots of Imperial Airways. British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 190, 25 May 1934, Page 8
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