RECORD FLIGHT BY JET
Honolulu-Sydney In 9hr 46min The first Qantas Boeing ?07 turbo-fan Jet recently flew 3185 miles non-stop from Honolulu to Sydney in a company record time pt nine hours 48 minutes. The new jet. the City of Darwin, covered toe 7834 miles from San Francisco to Sydney in 14 hour* 38 minutea. This flight set another new company record. The aircraft, which was on a delivery flight, is toe first of four turbo-fan jets which will be delivered to Qantas In the next few months.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29588, 10 August 1961, Page 16
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