FLIGHT TO CAPE TOWN
. BEING PREPARED BY AIR' MINISTRY. London, January 19. The Air, -Ministry is preparing for an experimental aeroplane 'flight to Cape Town shortly. - It will probably take a week or a fortnight. No attempt at a speed record will be made. The trip is .to demonstrate the best route. —Aus.~N.Z. Cable Assn.
THE' JOUR.NBY TO INDIA DELAYED BY FOG.
London, January 16. - The Handley Page maohine which has arrived in India is MacEwan's fourengined giant, which left London before Christmas'. The journey lasted a month, and bad weather was experienced throughout. Fog delayed the early stages of the journey;—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
POSTAL DISPATCHES CARRIED PROM HENDON TO VERSAILLES.
(R«c. January 20, 8.40 p.m.)
London, January 18. The first aeroplane post flight carried dispatches from Hendon to Versailles m 106 muvutes. The return journey was done iti less than two hours.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 99, 21 January 1919, Page 5
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145FLIGHT TO CAPE TOWN Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 99, 21 January 1919, Page 5
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