WORLD FLIGHTS.
BRITISH AIRMEN SAFE. (BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION COITBKJET.) (AUSTRALIAN AND K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) TOKYO, July 17. No word had been received at' Squad-ron-Leader MacLaren at five o'clock this afternoon. The papers are expressing the fear that he iB lost. (Received July 20th, 1.5 cm.) TOKYO, July 18. Squadron-Leader MacLaren las been found. AMERICANS' LAST STAGE. (bbtttxb's tk/eobascs.} LONDON, July 17.. The American world fliers flew to Brough, in Yorkshire, where their aeroplanes are to be fitted with new engines and floats for the Atlantic crossing. DURATION RECORD. THIRTY-EIGHT HOURS ALOFT. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—TOPTEIOTT.) (Received July 18th, 7.40 p.m.) PARIS, July 18. The aviators Coupet and Drouhin, flying a Farman Goliath, established a world's record for duration of flight. They remained in the air for 38 hours, and averaged 64 miles an hour.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18129, 19 July 1924, Page 13
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