AVIATION
ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHTS
. . LONDON, July 17. p Aho . American world flyers flew to g.i (Yorkshire), where their aeroplanes wili be fitted with new engines and floats for the Atlantic crossing.
An TOKIO, July 18. Ail tile members of Squadron-leader Maclaren s party are well, and the machine is intact. They landed at Urup Island on July 61 owing to a dense fog. They expect to resume their flight to-morrow
RECORD DURATION FLIGHT. x PARIS, July 18. live aviators Couplet and Dronhin living a Farmer-Goliath aeroplane, established a world's record for a duration flight. They remained in the air for 38 hours, and averaged 64 miles an hour.
ANOTHER WORLD FLIGHT. LONDON, July 18. Another world flight will shortly start from Amsterdam. It will be of an international character, as the machine is Dutch, the pilot an Argentinian (Major Pedro Zanni), and the observer is Lieutenant Nelson Page. A British Napier engine will be used. Major Zanni lias bought three aeroplanes for the attempt. He will follow a route similar to that of Squadronleader Maclaren’s.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3671, 22 July 1924, Page 21
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174AVIATION Otago Witness, Issue 3671, 22 July 1924, Page 21
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