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GYRO PLANE HEIGHT RECORD. LUnited Press Association —By Electro* Telegraph—Copyright.] NEW YORK. April 8. A message from Wiilowgrove states that Earhart. on Ids second gym High! reached an unofficial height of nineteen thousand feet. AIRMEN ARRIVE. (Received His dnv at 9. a.m.) SINGAPORE. April 9. The airmen Fairbairn and Shonstono, making a leisurely flight to Australia have arrived, and are leaving again on Saturday. SCOTT PROGRESSING. SINGAPORE, April 9. Scott, still hustling, passed over Batavia to-day and signalled that lie was continuing his flight. PROG RESS MAT NT A INK 1). (Received 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, April 9. The King’s progress is maintained. SCOTT'S PROGRESS. (Received 11.20 a.m.) RUGBY, April 9. Magnificent progress coif'itiues to be made liv Charles Scott, the. London airman who is attempting to lower Kingsford Smith’s record for the flight from England to Australia. On the eight day of the flight lie was 8 hours ahead of the record time and hopes to reach Darwin via "Bimn on Friday morning. He says the engine and plane are running perfectly.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 April 1931, Page 5
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