KENSHAW BREAKS RECORD .
391 HOURS FROM CAPE TO LONDON. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 9. Henshaw, who ieft Oran at 7.59 a.m.. landed at Gravesend at 1.51 p.m. The return, flight occupied S9J hours beating the record by seventeen hours twenty-seven minutes. The instrument board and his coat were drenched with Dicod. Henshaw stated tnat it was most bumpy on the last stage and his nose had been bleeding since 7.51 a.m. Despite exhaustion he made a perfect landing but when lifted out of the machine he was unable to stand and had to be carried to the Customs Building but speedily recovered. Hensliavi Completed the double flight in four days ten hours, beating (Houston's record.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14064, 10 February 1939, Page 6
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118KENSHAW BREAKS RECORD. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14064, 10 February 1939, Page 6
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