3489 MILES FLIGHT
FLYING-BOAT AWARUA RECORD FOR COMMERCIAL PLANE (Received July 31, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 30. The Imperial Airways flying-boat Awarua, which is intended for the Tasman service, flew 3469 miles from Basra to Southampton, in 'time which constitutes a record for commercial | planes—39 hours, of which 23 were [occupied in actual flying time. The ' schedule was for a journey of 60 hours. I The Awarua carried 13 passengers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 26, 31 July 1939, Page 9
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703489 MILES FLIGHT Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 26, 31 July 1939, Page 9
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