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MR MOLLISON’S FLIGHT REASON FOR FORCED LANDING CAPETOWN, Dec. 3. Mr Mollison landed because his petrol was exhausted. He had previously dropped a note over the village of Napier, and saw it picked up. They had run into thick fog and lost their way. THICK CLOUDS ENCOUNTERED CAPETOWN, Dec. 3. Mr Mollison says he was over Capetown yesterday afternoon, but the clouds were so thick that he dared not descend. WORLD’S ALTITUDE RECORD LONDON, Dec. 3. Despite the announcement on November 9, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, according to the Air Ministry, has officially advised the Royal Aero Club that it recognises the altitude flight of Flight-lieutenant Swain on September 29 as a world’s record for heavier than air craft. The figure is fixed at 49,944 ft. LIGHT CABIN BIPLANE IBritish Official Wireless! RUGBY, Dec. 3. (Received Dec. 4, at 5.5 p.m.l The De Havilland Company has made a cut in the price of the popular Hornet Moth, the light cabin biplane, of which over 100 are already in daily use all over the world. It carries two persons and approximately 130 pounds of luggage at 18 miles to the gallon, and cruises at about 105 miles an hour.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23056, 5 December 1936, Page 14
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