BRITISH FLYING BOATS
TRAINING CRUISE TO GREENLAND {(British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, September 11. Two large flying boats are preparing to leave Mount Batten, Plymouth, tomorrow on a training cruise to Greenland. The first stage of the flight will carry the flying boats via Oban to the Faroes, 750 miles. On the second day they will fly 500 miles to Iceland, and oh the third day, provided the sea is sufficiently clear of ice, the remaining 400 miles to Greenland. During the flight observations will be made with a view to planning an air route to ‘America by way of the North Atlantic. Each flying boat will be manned by a crew of six.
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Evening Star, Issue 21824, 13 September 1934, Page 9
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