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ROUND THE WORLD AT 180 M.P.H.

GERMAN BARON’S PLAN.

NEW YORK, Aug. 6. A solo flight westward around the world at a speed of 180 miles an hour is planned to take place during August, the pilot being Baron Raven Barnekow, scion of a German family, who are owners of great dairy interests. The baron will use a Curtiss-Hawk ’plane of 400 horse-power, and will leave from Roosevelt Field, New York. 1 The first three stops are to be at San Francisco, Hawaii and Japan. Baron Barnekow refuses 'to reveal the remainder of the route and whether it will include Australia. He is officially credited with downing fifteen Allied ’planes during the war when he fought with the late Baron Ritchofen’s “Red Circus” unit.

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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 220, 15 August 1927, Page 4

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ROUND THE WORLD AT 180 M.P.H. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 220, 15 August 1927, Page 4

ROUND THE WORLD AT 180 M.P.H. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 220, 15 August 1927, Page 4