MERCURY'S FLIGHT
NEW YORK ENTHUSIASM ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS NEWSPAPERS SELL FREELY \ NEW YORK. July 25 \!I am amazed at tho enthusiasm of the crowd over tho flight." Captain Bennett, Australian pilot of the Mer- ' curv component of the composite aeroplane which flew tho Atlantic in recoid east-west time, said this when he and his crew were welcomed at New York. British newspapers, half a ton of them, carried on the aeroplane, found avid buyers. They were sold in New York streets for from 2s 6d to ss. They contained stories and accounts of the visit ,of the King and Queen to Paris. . Various -notable people, including President Roosevelt, were presented with copies inscribed by the fliers. The pilot told reporters that difficult flying conditions and heavy rains and wind on the greater part of the ocean crossing had reduced the average speed to slightly more than 130 miles an hour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23106, 3 August 1938, Page 14
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