COBHAM PLANS BIG FLIGHT
CIRCUIT OF AFRICAN COAST. (British -Official Wireless.) Rugby, Oct. 13. Sir Alan Cobham will begin a 29,000 miles flight for surveying purposes next month right round Africa, returning via the west coast. He will use an all-metal flying boat, fitted with two Rolls-Royce Ukndor engines. His object is to bring about the early inauguration of a British air route through Africa. The Air Ministry, realising the utility and importance of the flight, has loaned a flying boat to Cobham.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1927, Page 9
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83COBHAM PLANS BIG FLIGHT Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1927, Page 9
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