MERELY CRUISING AT 700 MILES PER HOUR
Received Tliursday, 9.50 p.m. JLONDOrt, March 20. Group Captaiii E. M. Donaldson, holder of the world 's air speed record of 616 miles an hour, is planning a nonstop record flight from San Francisco to New York in a jetpropelled Meteor. He revealed this yesterday after heing presented with the Britannia trophy, the premier British aviation award, for his recordbreaking flight. "Conditions in America," he said, ' ' are suitahle for snch a flight. I am certain I could cover the distance (2668 miles) at something approaehing 700 miles an honr and that would he only crnising without rushing it."
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 March 1947, Page 5
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105MERELY CRUISING AT 700 MILES PER HOUR Chronicle (Levin), 21 March 1947, Page 5
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