RECORD ENDURANCE FLIGHT.
MRS BRUCB»S FEAT. (BHJTI6H omcui. wuaupai.). RUGBY, August il. . Mra Victor Brace has broken Jm British endurance flyiaf; 1»' hours 38 minutes. * WBes anVdcwended at Peh'xstpwe at had been la the air & hoars IS ya&iutes, ahd-liadlflbwn ... _> One of.the most interesting features of Mrs BrueeV-flying -is the ■> fier method employed for passing fuel _and other supplies to the seaplane, fronitbe two aWhdant "machines. •• These chines, jointed- by .a oord, fly ahead., or the seaplane until it comes befcweeii them, enabling the cord to be seised, a pipe-line from the. tanker aeroplane then being drawn aboard. . it a The development of. a. sound method of refuelling in the air -would; probably greatly assist commercial, aviation- by considerably raising th*?.pay load.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 13 August 1932, Page 9
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