HIGH SPEED IN WIND.
AUSTRALIAN'S NEW 'PLANE. LONDON, March 16. Mr. Edgar Pereival, formerly of Sydney, flew a new Gull monoplane, designed by" himself, at Cravcscnd, when all other machines kept to the ground owing to a gale. The monoplane, which had never been flown before, behaved wonderfully well. Tlio machinc is described as "without vices," a rare thing in hitherto untested aircraft. With the wind it approached a speed of 255 miles air hour.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 65, 17 March 1934, Page 9
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