“IRON MIKE”
TJOBOT PILOT'S FLIGHT. LOXG DTSTAXCF ATTEMPT. (Tioceivod 10 a.m.) LONDOX, November 7. In tin* new British attempt to seen re the long-distance air record, which Squadron-Leader Gayford and Flight-Lieutenant Bett will make from Cranwcll to Cape Town, they will broadcast during the entire flight on a wave length of 32.71. The Air Ministry invites listeners to watch for the signals the fliers will be using. The giant Faircy Napier Eobot pilot, which the Air Force has nicknamed the '‘lron Mike/’ will start on (he journey when the conditions are favourable after Tuesday,
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Northern Advocate, 8 November 1932, Page 5
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