FLIGHT ROUND WORLD.
_ ~*»-~ ——- f; BRITISH EFFORT NEXT YEAR. , PREPARATIONS IN TRAIN. .' and N.Z. " LONDON. July*). ■"•■*'."■'■'" Plans are well advanced fox the British '. .'" .attempt to fly round the world. Cap- '■'■■■■;'■••*'■.; tain Maclaren will be i ready ■in Jons) -. ~1824. - c He will bo. accompanied by two .'•''■ ;. -members 'of : the R.A.F., who have not yet -^.- - been selected. The ' route -will be from ■'■' v west to • east, and the dash across the 4 .' Atlantic will be the final stage. - ■■: .v " -Nothing will" bo '.eft to chance. The /•'■•'' - fullest meteorological data have been *.}■' i'y' A\ acquired. .; Wherever possible advantage ' '" will.be taken of the existing R.A.F. sta- . tibns en route. -Elsewhere petrol and ./.spare dumps /will ,be established, and ; spare . engines, will .be available should l'- : they become ; necessary* ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 8
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124FLIGHT ROUND WORLD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 8
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