HUGHES' WORLD FLIGHT
COST OF. ONLY £1250 NEW YORK, July 25. "The trip cost only £1250," said Mr. Howard Hughes, the millionaire aviator, referring to his v/orld flight. "The aeroplane," he added, "cost £15,000, but the motors and petrol were furnished free" Mr. Hughes and his crew of four flew 14,685 miles in 3 days 19 hours 14 minutes. Mr. Hughes is making plans for a flight around South America, including a non-stop flight of 4820 miles from New York to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19698, 2 August 1938, Page 2
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85HUGHES' WORLD FLIGHT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19698, 2 August 1938, Page 2
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