CHEAP FLYING
LYMPNE PERFORMANCES.
(MSUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
(Received 12th October, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, 11th October. Flight-Lieutenant Longton, flying a motor glider at the Lynvpne competition, rounded the course with a petrol consumption equivalent to a .gallon for 87 J; miles, equalling the previous best record. Mr. Hinckler completed 812 miles, and is maintaining the lead in the reliability test. It 16 calculated that these performances mean- that it ia possible for a pilot to fly from London to Eome for an expenditure of 20s for fuel.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1923, Page 8
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85CHEAP FLYING Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1923, Page 8
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