SUCCESSFUL TEST
ATLANTIC ’PLANES SEPARATE IN THE AIR MAIA'S HEAVY LOAD LONDON, May 10. The aeroplanes Maia and Mercury, the latter carrying a full Atlantic load of 20,5001 b, separated successfully at an altitude of 3000 feet during an Air Ministry test. The Mercury jettisoned 900 gallons of petrol, which would have been largely consumed on a transatlantic flight, before alighting.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 110, 12 May 1938, Page 6
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61SUCCESSFUL TEST Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 110, 12 May 1938, Page 6
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