Sport and General Photo. SUCCESSFUL AIR MEN.—The American flyers Dick Merrill and Harry Richman flew the Atlantic in record time on September 3, and at the top their aeroplane. Lady Peace, is seen on arrival at Croydon. A novel feature was the loading of the machine with 40,000 ping pong balls to make it unsinkable. Below. Merrill (left) and Richman, the latter being a cabaret star, waving their salutations to the crowd at Croydon.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19131, 28 September 1936, Page 12
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74Sport and General Photo. SUCCESSFUL AIR MEN.—The American flyers Dick Merrill and Harry Richman flew the Atlantic in record time on September 3, and at the top their aeroplane. Lady Peace, is seen on arrival at Croydon. A novel feature was the loading of the machine with 40,000 ping pong balls to make it unsinkable. Below. Merrill (left) and Richman, the latter being a cabaret star, waving their salutations to the crowd at Croydon. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19131, 28 September 1936, Page 12
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