REMARKABLE FLIGHT.
SWEDEN TO RUSSIA. BRITISH ENGINEER’S FEAT. Received November 21, 12.30 p.m. MOSCOW, Nov. 20. After a daring unplanned flight of 650 miles from Stockholm in a 70 horsepower sports ’plane, a British engineer, Brian Grover, has been arrested at Staritaz. A pilot flew Grover from England to Stockholm, where during the pilot’s temporary absence Grover hastilv took off, facing severe winter weather with little'flying experience to bring back his Russian wife_who. for a lias been unable to obtain a permit to leave Russia while he has been unable to secure a Soviet visa to go to Moscow. Grover undertook the adventure. in order to draw the attention of the highest authorities to his case.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 303, 21 November 1938, Page 7
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116REMARKABLE FLIGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 303, 21 November 1938, Page 7
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