FLIGHT IN AFRICA
R.A.F.. Machines Returning FORCED LANDING IN BUSH (Rec. November ,25, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless. Rugby, November 24. The Royal Air Force West Africa flight of three Fairey machines left Geneina to-day on the return journey from Bathurst to Khartoum. During the outward flight one machine made a forced descent in the bush. A native runner was sent 100 miles for assistance and the machine drawn 30 miles through the bush for repair. By working day and night for four days the airmen, with the assistance of a resident at Kano, enabled the flight to be continued, according to schedule. Three hundred natives were engaged clearing ground to enable the machine to take off.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 53, 26 November 1930, Page 11
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116FLIGHT IN AFRICA Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 53, 26 November 1930, Page 11
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