Cornet Bought For France
LONDON-PARIS RECORD
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April S. The Do Havilland Comet machine which Jones and Waller flew from England to Australia and back in 131 days, ami which together with a se'.oucl machine of the same type has been bought by the French Government, will to-morrow be flown from Croydon to Paris in the hope of breaking the existing record of 07 minutes for the journey. Distance in a straight line is 220 miles, and the Comet is expected to take about 43 minutes'.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 84, 10 April 1935, Page 7
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