DIFFICULT CONDITIONS.
(Received Juno. 7th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 6, . 7,'"* The airman, Mr C.- "W. A. Scott, y accomplished the whole S flight in the face of my difficult conditions. He crossed the EJag-. lish Channel in a storm. Scott dinfte&V down from the cockpit dosed, drawn, -3 and haggard, and suffering baaly from, u" cramp and deafness. His-face blistered bj the heat of the" engine., i!j He admitted that he was glad it a 1 all over. He said, "It is too far*"" considered the homewaard flightthe bet-' tor effort owing to the breaking of the k - moMoons. He . beat Air-Coromfvnfle l " V* C. E. Kmgaford Smith's record by 48 " hoars. . DO.X IN BRAZIL NATAL (Brazil), Jone 5. The Qermaa flying-boat, the Dor»ipr:> ;>> Do. X arrived at 2.10 p.m. on FrUfa'** completing her Transatlantic voyage rrpm Altenrhein (Switzerland). •> <■ BALLOON ALTITUDE ;. RECORD. PICARD'S ACHIEVEMENT. BERNE, Jane 5. - The Swiss Aero Club has official!; credited Professor Picard with an altitude record of 51,458 feet. '
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20257, 8 June 1931, Page 11
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