ENGLAND TO THE CAPE
RUMANIAN PRINCE'S
ATTEMPT
(Received May 3, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, May 2.
! Prince Constantin Cantacuzene, of j Rumania, aged 27, flying a Caudron Renault machine with a top speed of 237 miles an hour and a radius of 3700 miles, departed from Hatfleld aerodrome in an attempt on the EnglandJohannesburg arid the England-Cape Town records. I He plans to make only 'two stops, the first, in, the •south Sahara, and the next in Central Africa. He will sleep' in brief .snatches,, using an automatic He made a forced landing at Algiers owing to mechanical trouble but continued later.
GAPE TO ENGLAND
H. L. BROOK ON THE WAY
JOHANNESBURG, May 1.
The aii-manH. L. Brook, who arrived at Cape. Town from England on Friday, reached here today on his flight home. He began. an unexpectedly early attempt on the record owing to favourable weather.
(deceived May 3, 1 p.m.), LONDON", May 2. Mr; Brook landed at Broken Hill and later took off •f or Kisumu.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 103, 3 May 1937, Page 10
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167ENGLAND TO THE CAPE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 103, 3 May 1937, Page 10
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