The huge Imperial Airways flying-boat Caledonia which flew non-stop from Southampton to Alexandria, a distance several hundred miles greater than that of the Atlantic crossing, at an average speed of 170 miles an hour. The fight occupied 13 hours 35 minutes.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 41, 4 March 1937, Page 6
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41The huge Imperial Airways flying-boat Caledonia which flew non-stop from Southampton to Alexandria, a distance several hundred miles greater than that of the Atlantic crossing, at an average speed of 170 miles an hour. The fight occupied 13 hours 35 minutes. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 41, 4 March 1937, Page 6
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