Defence Flying
EXERCISES IN BRITAIN United Press Association—By Electric Telegrapo.—Copyright. LONDON, Feb. 15. The Daily Mail says: “Passing overhead, unseen and unheard, at an altitude of 14,000 feet, Blenheim bombers are carrying out routine flying over Britain and are daily breaking all records."
The Air Force's multi-seater aircraft made a remarkable flight recently from Renfrewshire to Wiltshire, covering a distance of 336 miles in 70 minutes and averaging 2SB miles an hour, despite bad weather conditions.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 41, 18 February 1938, Page 7
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76Defence Flying Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 41, 18 February 1938, Page 7
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