"HOW D'YE DO?" UP ALOFT.
Two flying boat pilots met in midAtlantic. They were pilots of Air France, carrying tho first mails on a new weekly service between Europe and South America. One was flying from Natal in Brazil, and the other from Dakar in Frcncli Weet Africa. They were about 1000 miles out-when they saw each other and dipped in salute. It is said to bo tho first occasion on record that two 'planes flying across the Atlantic in opposite directions have met in mid-ocean.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 115, 16 May 1936, Page 8 (Supplement)
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