WORLD FLIGHT
PREPARATIONS IN JAPAN [United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright! TOKIO, 14th November. In preparation for a flight around the world, the Wings of the Century took off at 5 a.m. from Kizarazu, near Yokohama, for a sixty-hours test flight, carrying 1100 gallons of petrol. The machine has a cruising range of 7500 miles. A later message states that engine trouble forced the Wings of the Century to land after cpvering 1125 miles in 5T9 minutes.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 16 November 1937, Page 5
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77WORLD FLIGHT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 16 November 1937, Page 5
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