COBHAM IN UNITED STATES
KNOCKING THE “STUNT” OUT OF FLYING (Rec. December 2, 9.5 p.m.) New York, December 1. Sir Alan Cobham and his wife will fly to Washington to-morrow in the Moth ’plane, and will be presented to President Coolidge by the British Embassy and officials of the National Geographic Society. At a luncheon of the Advertising Club Sir Alan Cobham, who was the guest of honour,, said: "We’ve got to knock the ‘stunt’ out of flying. Flying wants to be utilised where necessary, not where other forms of transportation are more practicable.” ’Planes similar to the Moth may be built for army and navy messenger work.
RECORD FLIGHT BY BABY ’PLANE (Rec. December 2. 10.45 p.m.) Malta, December 1. Stack and Leeti, flying from Capua, passed over the still smoking Vesuvius* The ’plane has already beaten the record distance flying by baby ’planes.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 59, 3 December 1926, Page 11
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145COBHAM IN UNITED STATES Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 59, 3 December 1926, Page 11
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