A SPECIAL MONOPLANE

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 19, 24 January 1929, Page 11

A SPECIAL MONOPLANE

CAPETOWN TO SCOTLAND?

AMBITIOUS PROJECT

British Official Wireless.

(Received 24th January, 10 a.m.)

RUGBY, 23rd January.

Experts in aviation to-day viewed at tho Cronwell aerodrome an aeroplane which has been designed to boat tho long distanco feats, of any aircraft yet built, whether heavier or lighter than air. It is a new Fairey monoplane, built for the Air Ministry. Ths machine will probably be taken out to Capetown very shortly. At Capetown it will fill up with a full load of fuel, and will attempt a non-stop flight to the North of Scotland.

Even if the machine only reaches the South coast of England, it will have easily beaten the world's long distance record; at present held by Italy with a flight from Rome to South America. It is the first monoplane ever built by the Fairey Company, and bears a strong resemblance to tho Fairey 3F biplanes, which are high-speed bombers, of whicli over one hundred are now in use by the Royal Air Force. The engine is a special Napier, developed from tho Napier Lion, as used in the Schneider trophy racing machines. The object aimed at is to bring every part of the world within 120 hours of England. It is anticipated that this new. monoplane could, under favourable conditions, transport important persons or documents to any part of the Globe, in three stages, in five days.