THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT
ANOTHER KNTIiANT.
Received May 11, 5.5 p.m
LONDON, May 10
The Vickers Company has entered another biplane for the trans-Atlan-tic flight. It carries two ataadard 350 horse-power Rolls-Royce engines, and has a petrol capacity o£ 865 gallons. Its speed exceeds 100 m! les an hour. The pilot will be Captain J. Alcock, who served in Turkey, and who will take the aeroplane to Newfoundland.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7566, 12 May 1919, Page 5
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67THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7566, 12 May 1919, Page 5
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