HESTON-DARWIN
FLIGHT RECORD BROKEN
(Received June 11, 1 a.m.)
ADELAIDE, June 10.
Two new Lockheed liners which were brought from Ireland for Guinea Airways covered the distance from Heston to Darwin in 63 hours, breaking the flying time record from London to Darwin of 64f hours established in the Centenary race by C. W. Scott and T. Campbell Black.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 137, 11 June 1940, Page 6
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