NON-STOP FLIGHT
BRITISH ATTEMPT ON RECORD. PREPARATIONS BEING MADE. Rugby, December 3. The Royal Air Force’s long distance aeroplane, which in the spring made a nonstop flight to India and has since its return undergone slight alterations at the Northolt aerodrome, to-day flew to the Cranwell aerodrome in Lincolnshire, which has a specially long take-off, to await a favourable opportunity to start another attempt on the long distance flight record. Squadron-Leader Jones-Williams and Flight-Lieutenant Jenkins, who took the machine on its flight to India, will attempt to fly over Africa on a non-stop run to the Cape, a distance of about 6000 miles. A start will be made in about a fortnight.
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Southland Times, Issue 20949, 5 December 1929, Page 5
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112NON-STOP FLIGHT Southland Times, Issue 20949, 5 December 1929, Page 5
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