CAIRO TO CAPE FLIGHT
MILITARY : AERIAL EXERCISE.
By Telegraph—Press' Assn. —Copyright. ' ■ Cairo, Jan. 12.
' Three Vickers Victoria troop-carriers commenced at dawn a 12,000 miles formation flight to Capetown and back. During tire flight troop-carrying exercises will be executed in tire heart of Africa. It ’is- the first ; time native soldiers have been transported by airways. . 'The machine are capable of carrying 23 fully-armed soldiers in addition to the crew.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1931, Page 9
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