AVIATION.
NON-STOP TO KARACHI. NEW ZEALAND PILOT. ~ ■ • ■>• BY CABLE -PRESS ASSOCIATION- COPYRIGHT. LONDON, March 8. It is .expected . that a. . .spectacular non-stop dash to India will begin cn May 1. A British pilot hopes io reach Karachi, 4000 miles, in 48 hours. If possible, he will carry on until 1000 gallons of petrol have been exhausted. The crew will probably consist oi a pilot, Might-Lieutenant C. R. Carr (a New Zealander) and Flight-Lieutenant Gillman. Carr has been flyiaig since 1916. He served with distinction in the. war. and participated as on aviator in the Shackleton Antarctic expedition.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 10 March 1927, Page 8
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97AVIATION. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 10 March 1927, Page 8
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