AIR PIONEERS
FLIGHT TO CAPE COMPLETED
lUNITED FRBSS ASSOCIATION.—COPIMBHI.)
(ABSTXALIAK - NEW ZEALANB CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
CAPETOWN, 20th March,
The aeroplane Voortrekker lids arrived with her pilots-, Colonel van Ryneveld and Lieutenant Brand. This is the first complete flight from England to the Cape. Three .machines were used. The airmen were welcomed by the GovernorGeneral and a large crowd,
■ [The flight from Cairo to Capetown started at-the end of January, in great secrecy owing to the international rivalry for the honour of making the pioneer journey. Colonel van Ryneveld, accompanied by Lieut. Brand, started on 4th February, in an aeroplane named Silver Queen, two other aeroplanes started. . The Silver .Queen (a VickersVimy) was wrecked at Wadi Haifa* but was repaired arid proceeded. She was smashed again at Bulawayo, being then the only Surviving competitor. The South African Government forwarded another machine, in which the trip was completed.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 69, 22 March 1920, Page 7
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