COBHAM'S FEAT
ENTHUSIASTICALLY ACCLAIMED Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 14. (Received March 15, at noon.)
Alan Cobham was escorted to his landing-place by a licet of planes, and was greeted by a huge and enthusiastic crowd, lie was carried shoulderhigh to the spot where his wife was waiting, and subsequently with his wife lie visited Buckingham Palace, where bo delivered a message to tbo King from the Governor-General of South Africa. His Majesty congratulated Air Cobham on the success of his pioneer flight.
Mr Cobham flew 923 miles from Pisa, stopping only at Lyons. He beat the mail steamer Windsor Castle, which left Capo Town the same day, by two days.—Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19198, 15 March 1926, Page 5
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114COBHAM'S FEAT Evening Star, Issue 19198, 15 March 1926, Page 5
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