ENGLAND TO CAPETOWN.
PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN. COMMANDER KIDSTON'S FEAT. CAPETOWN, April G. Commander G. P. Glen Kidston, who left England last Tuesday morning on a flight to Capetown, landed this evening at Maitland Aerodrome, his flight having taken six days 10 hours. Ife has theiefore broken all previous records to Capetown by at least three days. The airman, in an interview, said"lf I can carry through a single trip like this as a private owner without proper organisation, it must stand to reason that a commercial company, operating on the same route with relays of machines, will bo able to accomplish the journey much moro quickly." Commander Kidston said ho considered Imperial Airways schedule of 12 days for tho samo flight ridiculous and urged that the expeditious transit of mails was of tho utmost Imperial importance.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20842, 8 April 1931, Page 9
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136ENGLAND TO CAPETOWN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20842, 8 April 1931, Page 9
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