AIRMEN’S MILESTONE
LONDON 4073 MILES
The* name London on a milestone beside the roads of our island awakr ens the imagination of the traveller (says the Children’s Newspaper). He will think of Wesley or Cobbett roaming over the countryside on horseback and of Dick Wittingtou making his way afoot to the city of his dreams.
Hitherto these indicators of the distance yet to be covered have been limited within the seagirt shores of our island, but to-day many routes to London are by air, and we find the distance to London marked on a milestone 4073 miles away.
This, the world’s longest distance so recorded, has recently been set up at Karachi in India for the guidance ot aerial transport. , On this milestone are the distances of other ancient cities, whose dwellers look up and marvel at the modern wonder in the skies —Bagdad 1486 miles, Delhi 691 miles, Bombay 553 miles, and Quetta 382 miles. No airman at Karachi will be in doubt about the quantity Of petrol he must take on board!
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11045, 20 February 1933, Page 3
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174AIRMEN’S MILESTONE Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11045, 20 February 1933, Page 3
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