LAND AEROPLANES.
AMERICAN REOOID IROKII. LOS ANGELES TO NEW YORK. United Press Assn—ales. Tel. copyrlth: NEW YORK. Jan. M. Mr Houard Hughes. a young American mlllloualre. holder or the world‘s speed record {or land aeroplanes. broke the lranscontlnenlal record to—day. He flew In a Northrop monophno trom Lo: Anseles to New York non-stop iy nine hours 27 mlnutcs 10 seconds. which Is 35 minutes 41 seconds less than Turner‘s previous record established in 1935. By using an oxygen tank. Mr Hughes maintained an altltude of 18.000“. most of the time. He averaged 260 miles an hour for about 2‘50 mllsn and at times reached a speed of 296 miles an hour.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19785, 16 January 1936, Page 7
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111LAND AEROPLANES. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19785, 16 January 1936, Page 7
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