ONE HOUR'S FLIGHT.
MODEL AEROPLANE RECORD. CRAFT LOST TO SIGHT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, this day. Tlio world's record for duration of a model aeroplane flight was broken by 3 minutes '20 seconds at Hamilton during tlie week-end. The actual duration of the flight will never be known, as when last seen the model was travelling east over the Ruakura farm, having been launched at Seddon Park, three miles away. It had been in the air 59 minutes 20 seconds. Mr. J. Poynton, of Frankton, was the owner of the model, and the flight has been officially recorded.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 214, 10 September 1934, Page 9
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