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1 ' . .-■'.-.' '.'':.. • ' ' ' Sport and Genoral l Jlioiu. At the bottom is the now Fairey-Napior monoplane, which has boon built for the British Air Ministry by the Fairey Aircraft Company for van! attack on the World's , long-tlistance (light record in an attempt to 'fly from Cranwoll aerodrome to South Africa, a distance of over 6000 miles. The machine measures 82ft across the main plane, has a length of W/ift, is 12ft high, while 1000 gallons of fuel will be carried in the wings. The cabin is totally enclosed, provision being made so that the navigator can look downward through the wings and through a special sight In the floor, as well as through a roof light. At the top (on the right) is Squadron-Loader A. G. Jones-Williams, M.C., Who will command the flight, and on the left is his second in command, ' • ■ ■ . *

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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 96, 27 April 1929, Page 9

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1 ' . .-■'.-.' '.'':.. • ' ' ' Sport and Genoral lJlioiu. At the bottom is the now Fairey-Napior monoplane, which has boon built for the British Air Ministry by the Fairey Aircraft Company for van! attack on the World's , long-tlistance (light record in an attempt to 'fly from Cranwoll aerodrome to South Africa, a distance of over 6000 miles. The machine measures 82ft across the main plane, has a length of W/ift, is 12ft high, while 1000 gallons of fuel will be carried in the wings. The cabin is totally enclosed, provision being made so that the navigator can look downward through the wings and through a special sight In the floor, as well as through a roof light. At the top (on the right) is Squadron-Loader A. G. Jones-Williams, M.C., Who will command the flight, and on the left is his second in command, ' • ■ ■ . * Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 96, 27 April 1929, Page 9

1 ' . .-■'.-.' '.'':.. • ' ' ' Sport and Genoral lJlioiu. At the bottom is the now Fairey-Napior monoplane, which has boon built for the British Air Ministry by the Fairey Aircraft Company for van! attack on the World's , long-tlistance (light record in an attempt to 'fly from Cranwoll aerodrome to South Africa, a distance of over 6000 miles. The machine measures 82ft across the main plane, has a length of W/ift, is 12ft high, while 1000 gallons of fuel will be carried in the wings. The cabin is totally enclosed, provision being made so that the navigator can look downward through the wings and through a special sight In the floor, as well as through a roof light. At the top (on the right) is Squadron-Loader A. G. Jones-Williams, M.C., Who will command the flight, and on the left is his second in command, ' • ■ ■ . * Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 96, 27 April 1929, Page 9

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