AVIATION
. LONG-DISTANCE RECORD BROKEN BY ITALIAN PILOT ROME, July 17. Flying a seaplane from Monfalcone (Italy) toßerbera (British Somaliland), 3104 miles, in 25 hours non-stop, Stoppani regained the world's long-distance record from the Croix du Sud.
A message received on June, 23 stated: The four-engined flying boat Croix du Sud landed at Zizinshor (Senegal) after a flight from Cherbourg, a distance of 2812 miles. Subject to official confirmation, this will give France the world's distance records for land and sea planes. The Croix du Sud, which has crossed the Atlantic four times, descended 250 miles short of its objective (Konakri), though it flew a sufficient distance to beat the Italian vncord of 2507 miles. LYMPNE TO THE CAPE LONDON, July 17. H. L. Brook started from Lympne at 0.35 a.m. to reach the Cape in four
days. He took off excellently from the floodlit aerodrome. " THE CRASH AT BUSHIRE LONDON, July 17. The Daily Telegraph's Hague correspondent states that immediately the news of the mail plane crash at Bushire was received Captain Parmentier departed in another Douglas machine to pick ifp the stranded passengers, who include two Britons, two women and a sixmonths old baby.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22627, 19 July 1935, Page 9
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