AIRMAN'S RECORD FLIGHT.
ROUND-THE-WORLD PILOT. DOUBLE TRIP TO PARIS. CIVIL AVIATION PROSPECTS. (By Cable.--Tress Aseovlatioii.— Copyright' i.Rci-elveiJ OMii a.m. 1 LONDON, May 2. Major Blake, who intends to make the ronnd-the-world (lislit, broke seven world's) records yesterday by flyintj from London to Pari-i and back twice in :« day. covering a thousand miles between 7 in the morning and 0.3» in the afternoon. Interviewed by the Australian and Xew Zealand Press Association, Major Blake said that liis chief object was to show tlmt rivil aviation was commercially possible without s-übsidiea by means of getlin;: a higher daily 7Di!eage out of the machines. The Daimler Company intended henceforth to run two cross-chnnnel services daily with one machine, and a fresh pilot for each return journey. Major Rlak'e adrleil thai he was considering taking a third man round the world, and had invited Sir Keith Smith. The latter, after the tragic shock itt Brookland*. did not fe?l justified i» accepting, though he is kee.nlv interested in the project. The Air Ministry lms consenfej to lend him an Amphibian for the flight.—(A. and X.Z. < obKl
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 103, 3 May 1922, Page 5
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