LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT
BRITISH AIR FORCE TO COMPETE
British-Official Wireless.
Rugby, July 22. .It is learned that the Royal Air Force are to make another attempt to break the world’s long-distance record with the big Fairey-Napier. long-range monoplane which recently flew non-stop to -India. The machine is at present being exhibited at the Aero Show at Olympia, but immediately this closes on Saturday next it will be taken to Cranwell aerodrome to be prepared for an attempt to fly either to Colombo or Durban, the destination being decided according to weather conditions?
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1929, Page 13
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