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PRINCE MAKES LONG FLIGHT. N nr, .'M ' PARTICULARS OF NEW PLANE. (British Official Wireless.) "’ ’ RUGBY, May 16. The Prince : of' Wales to-day , flew ’ from 'Windsor *to Cardiff to hold - an .1 investiture of the Order of St. John jof Jerusalem. It was the first occa- | sion on which he made a long flight in ! his riew Victory Viastra machine. This i monoplane has accommodation for ten i persons, an’d a speed of 160 miles an ' hour. It has sound-proof walls, which i make conversation possible at a normal tone. There are ten parachute* in the cabin roof, who are released ‘fffir'"the “passengers on touching a but- , ton. 1 Tlie Prince flew hack to London tonight to keep ;a second public, engfigemeufc. '
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1933, Page 2
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