LONDON-CAPETOWN NON-STOP FLIGHT
HUGE ’PLANE BUILDING
Australian i re&b Aioli. j Receive Dec. 31, 5.3 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 30.
The only phase of aerial supremacy for which Britain will make a big bu in the new year, will be an attempt al a nou-stup .London to Capetown uiglil in a giant Fahey monopiune. Aiiuougn this machine is being &c cretly constructed and tried out ai Crauwell, under rigid guard, it is known to have a single tting span of more th-m 80 feet.
An attempt will also be made at an altitude Hight in an all-metal ’plane with a super-charged engine. Thc pilot will wear elect uually-ucatcd clothing and an oxygen mask.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 1, 2 January 1929, Page 7
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