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FLIGHT TO CAPE. English Airman's Adventurous Achievement. CONTINUAL BAD WEATHER. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 1.30 p.m.) CAPETOWN, February 6. Mr. Alex Henshaw, who took off from Gravesend at 3.35 a.m. yesterday for Capetown in an attempt to I beat the record of Flying Officer A. E. Clouston and Mrs. Betty KirbyGreen (now Mrs. Haycock, wife of Squadron-Leader George Haycock) passed over Colornb Becliar, Algeria, at 12.30 p.m., Greenwich time.
At 5.50 a.m. to-day he left Libreville. West Africa, and arrived at Capetown at «.;>S) p.m.. 391 hours from London, compared with Mr. ('loustoii's 45 hours. He will start on the return flight tomorrow morning. Mr. Henshaw said that he had rough going most of the journey, defeating his hope to clip six hours off the outward record. He had trouble with ice on the wings over the Atlas Mountains. He encountered storms at Oran, and flew through cloudy weather for a thousand miles near the equator, when the machine seemed so out of control that he was tempted to parachute to earth. There were head winds from Windhoek to Capetown.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 31, 7 February 1939, Page 7
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