THE FAR FLYERS
NON-STOP TO CAPE TOWN
E.A.F. MONOPLANE
ALREADY ABOUT HALF WAY
EXCELLENT PROGRESS
(British Official Wireless.)
I (Received Bth February, 11 a.m.) _ RUGBY, 7th February. The Royal Air Force Fairey monoplane, in which SquadronLeader Gayford and Flight-Lieu-tenant Nicholetts, left Cranwell yesterday morning in an attempt to set up a new long-distance flight to Cape Town, continues to make good pi-ogress, and at 8 o'clock this morning the Air Ministry received a wireless message from the aeroplane, showing that it was about half way! on its 6198 miles journey. Another message, received shortly after 10 o'clock this morning, was Very faint and undecipherable. The Fairey had reached the Nigerian coast this afternoon, and had covered about 3600 miles of the 6198 miles to the Cape, averaging about 110 miles per hour.
The present record is held by tho American airman Boardman and Pplando, who flew from New York to Constaatinople, 4DS4 miles.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1933, Page 7
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153THE FAR FLYERS Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1933, Page 7
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