AERIAL CRUISER.
OFFICIAL LOG OF R.A.F. FLEET
AMBITIOUS PROJECT SO FAR
-SFCCESSFUJ
(British Official Wireless.)
LONDON, feb. 12
The official log of the Far East flight of the Royal Air Force "which is now nearing Singapore on its way to Australia was issued yesterday. It shows how, with a good advance organisation for flight, lour flying boats can be flown over immense distances and under varying conditions across sea and over land, with speed and security. The flight fleet is equipped with supermarine Southampton metal-hul-led living boats, each with two Napier Lion engines, and is under the command of Group Captain 11. M. Cave. "When it has completed the whole cruise of 28.UU0 miles it will have carried out a service exercise never yet attempted by any other nation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10510, 14 February 1928, Page 5
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