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LONDOH-CAPE SERVICE FARE PROVISIONALLY FIXED (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
RUGBY, January 18. In the London-Cape Town service the aeroplanes will _ cover the distance in eleven days, which it is'hoped will later be reduced to nine days. The faro has been provisionally fixed at £l3O, including accommodation en route. Five types of airefaft, including giant flying boats, will be used during each journey.
LONG TOUR BY AIR NINETY LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, January 18. An Englishwoman’s tour by air, during which friends in many parts of Africa, including the Cape, were visited, was concluded by the return of Mrs Wcstenra. She was piloted by Captain Mackintosh and used an ordinary Puss Moth machine. Despite the long tour and ninety landings and take-offs not a single replacement and no repairs were necessary, and the machine was using tie same _ plugs that were fitted at the beginning of the journey.
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Evening Star, Issue 21005, 20 January 1932, Page 9
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153AVIATION Evening Star, Issue 21005, 20 January 1932, Page 9
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