ATLANTIC FLIGHT
SWEDISH AIRMAN HOPS OFF SMALLEST MACHINE EVER USED IN CROSSING. ST. JOHN’S (Newfoundaland > May 16. Charles Backman, a Sweui.-h a»r man, aged 25, hopped off on a flight to Sweden in a 90 horse-power monoplane, the smallest machine ever to attern rt the Atlantic. Backman has sufficient fuel for 45 houps in the air, and hopes to reach his destination at 100 miles an hour.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 115, 18 May 1939, Page 7
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67ATLANTIC FLIGHT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 115, 18 May 1939, Page 7
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