AVIATION
DUCHESS OF BEDFORD
AERIAL JOURNEY ACCOMPLISHED.
(British Official Wireless)
(Received this day at 11 a.m.) RUGBY, April 30
The Duchess of Bedford, in her Fokker aeroplane, piloted by Captain Bernard landed at Croydon at 5.30 p.m. to-day. She left Lypne on the morning of April 10th and lias thus accomplished the flight to Capetown and back, a distance of 1,903 miles, in 20] dav«. Had her machine not been forced down in Bulgaria, owing to a blockrd oil pipe, the journey would have been completed yesterday evening in 19] days. Nevertheless, the Duchess and her pilot have created a brilliant new record. They have done the double journey in 19] flying days, as one day was spent at Capetown. Moreover in their single journey from England to Capetown in 9] days they have beaten, by a big margin, the previous record by Lieut. Murdoch of the South African Air Force.
A large crowd had gathered at Croydon aerodrome to welcome the aviators, including the Air Vice Marshall, Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, Lieut. Commander Perrin, representing the Royal Aero Club, and Lady Cobham.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1930, Page 5
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