AIR TAXI
A NEW RECORD TWO SUNSETS IN ONE DAY. [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, June 5. Captain Olley, Imperial Airways pilot, set up a new flying record yesterday by piloting a fast DH ArmstrongSiddelcy air taxi from Croydon to Le Touquet, and back i* 2} hours. When approaching London at about 9 o’clock in the evening he had the experience of seeing the sun set first when he was flying at 500 feet, and then when mounting to 4000 feet the sun appeared to rise and set again.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20167, 8 June 1928, Page 5
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