NON-STOP RECORD
A BRITISH ATTEMPT (British Official Wireless.) Pri-33 Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, October 20. A British attempt upon the nonstop flight record wii l be undertaken next month by a Roy.d Air Force Fairey Napier monoplane, in which it is hoped to fly 0,000 miles from Britain to South Africa. Squadron-leader Jones-Williams and Flight-lieutenant Jenkins, who flew ir the same plane to India last April, will again he its pilots. The machine has recently been modified at id will now carry nearly four tons of petrol. It is hoped that Cape Town will be reached in fifty hours.
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Evening Star, Issue 20312, 22 October 1929, Page 9
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99NON-STOP RECORD Evening Star, Issue 20312, 22 October 1929, Page 9
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