LONE FLIGHTS
MR MDLLISON'S PLANS ATTEMPTS ON RECORDS Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 17. (Received Sept. 18, at 12.10 p.m.) Mr J. A. Mollison is leaving for New York to attempt a third Atlantic flight in a Dellanca Flash machine, capable of flying 270 miles an hour. It is reputed to be the fastest plane in the world. He hopes to begin his flight on October 17, flying at 20,000 feet. He expects to reach Croydon from New York in 17 hours. Mr Mollison will later try to break the record from England to Johannesburg and England to the Cape, after which he will consider plans for a round-the-world flight at the Equator. He is making all these flights alone.
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Evening Star, Issue 22447, 18 September 1936, Page 9
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121LONE FLIGHTS Evening Star, Issue 22447, 18 September 1936, Page 9
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