THREE RECORDS BROKEN
Routine Trans-Atlantic Flight (7.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 4. Captain 11. F. Blackburn. chief pilot of the transcontinental airline. had his flipper on Monday in Washington and to-niffht was eating supper in Paris, when he learned he had broken three transAtlantic fly in 3* records on a routine flight, says Reuter’s Paris correspondent. Captain Blackburn’s constellation flew from Washington to Paris, 3870 miles, at an average speed of 31G miles an hour, a flying time of 12 hours 57 minutes. The other records were 11 hours 40 mlnuTs from Washington to Eire, 6 i - 27 minutes from Gandar ‘Newfoundland) to Eire.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23376, 6 December 1945, Page 5
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103THREE RECORDS BROKEN Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23376, 6 December 1945, Page 5
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