glilflili -•S'* 1 m <r%* waj mi ssi » w /n f/ie annals of th& progress of man’s conquest of the air, one name remains consistently prominent -SHELL. Pioneer Atlantic Flights * The Atlantic was first crossed in 1919 by' Messrs. Allcock and Brown~from West to East. Nine ye'ars later the “Bremen”’ made the first crossing from East to West.- » The former flight demonstrated the unfailing power of SHELL SPIRIT, the latter the faultless lubrication of SHELL OIL.World’s Record Non-Stop Flight The flight of Messrs. Ferrarin and Delprete from Rome to Brazil —4,800 miles—establishes a long-distance record for the world, and provides another striking proof of the reliability of SHELL SPIRIT. 318 Miles Per Hour This amazing speed, attained recently at Venice, represents a flight from Auckland to Wellington in one hour. For this epic of the <air, Di Bernardi chose SHELL OIL and SHELL SPIRIT. I motorOILS THE SHELL COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED \ S 572 d
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Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17419, 6 September 1928, Page 8
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