LAST HOP COMPLETED
NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED LONDON, March 31. (Received April 1, at 10 a.m.) Brook arrived at Lympne at 3.55 p.m. His time of 7d 19h 50min beats Melrose’s unofficial record by 13h lOmin, and the Mollisons’ official record by 26h 35min. Brook maintained his schedule and slept five to six hours nightly. His longest hop was 1,700 miles from Jodhpur to Basra.
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Evening Star, Issue 21993, 1 April 1935, Page 12
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