EGYPT TO ENGLAND BY AIR.
FLIGHT OF 2000 MILES.
BRITISH AIRMEN'S FEAT. (Received 55 p.m.)
A and Renter. LONDON, Aug. 10.
The Press Bureau states:— Two officers of the Royal Air Force, accompanied by two mechanics, have just flown to England from Egypt on an ordinary service machine, only halting once or twice for petrol, the flight being a piece of routing work. The distance flown was over 2000 miles, and the pace was good throughout. This event is full of promise for tho afterwar development of aviation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16926, 12 August 1918, Page 5
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