A MONTH IN THE AIR
MRS BRUCE’S ATTEMPT To Beat Endurance Record fAus. & N.Z. Cable Assn).
(Received January 10 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 9.
Mrs Victor Bruce, accompanied by her husband, will shortly atempt a full month’s flight over London without alighting. The attempt is to bo made in the hope of beating the American endurance record of 27 days. Mr and Mrs Bruce should cover 70,000 miles.
Twice every day a re-fuelling aeroploue will be sent up, which will provide Mr and Mrs Bruce with petrol, oil, food and water by means of pipes and ropes.
Mrs Bruce will fly a Monospan light machine, built on the simplest lines, with two 75 horse-power Popjoy engines, similar to the engine used by Butler on his record-breaking Australian flight.
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Grey River Argus, 11 January 1932, Page 2
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