ATTEMPT ON RECORD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 34, 19 November 1937, Page 5

ATTEMPT ON RECORD.

DEPARTURE FROM CAPE TOWN. '.United Press Association—-Copyright.. CAPE TOWN, November 17. Flying-Officer A. E. Clouston and Mrs Betty Kirby Green will leave on their return flight to Croydon af 8 a.m. to-morrow. They hope to reach Croydon on November 20, thus breaking the round flight record and Mr H. L. Brook’s Cape Town - London record of 4 days 20 minutes. THE FIRST STAGE COVERED. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) CAPE TOWN, November 18. A message from Broken Hill states tha\ Flying-Officer Clouston, who left Cape Town for London at 6 a.m. (G.M.T.) arrived there at 2.55 p.m. (G.M.T.). WARM PRAISE IN LONDON. . ..... . i,.' •-*. -1. LONDON, November 18. The newspapers warmly congratulate Flying-Officer Clouston and Mrs IvirbyGreen. The casual character of the new flight is noted. ~, (|i , ..... The aeroplane, which is the three-years-old de Havilland .Couiei twinengined monpplape that ..carried the winners of the Melbourne Centenary air race-in 1934, was, as '‘The Times remarks, hired,.- l insured, and arrangements made. for . the services., of an excellent pilot, very touch as a- business man might hire' a motor-car- for a week-end tour. jt. ' y . The only important change -made in the Comet since 1934 was the replacement of the two original racing engines by two Gipsy Six, second series, 205 horse-power engines, and the fitting of these with de Havilland variablepitch air screws. That change was made just before the Damascus air race.