Accidental 200 M.P.H. Speed Dive
(Received 1 -p.m.) LONDON, January 11
The Air Ministry announces that an R-A-.F. pilot dived a Spitfire at a speed from 650 to 700 miles an hour. His experience was accidental, as the result of a temporary loss of consciousness owing to the- lack of oxygen at an altitude of 23,000 feet. The pilot was unable 16 register the top speed, but after pulling the plane out of the dive, he climbed vertically at 400 -
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Northern Advocate, 12 January 1940, Page 6
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