AVIATION
DE PINEDO’S FLIGHT A cable received by (lie "Shell" re-, preeentatives advises that Pinedo's world l- “ as een definitely abandoned for ; \hift year, hut that ho will be undertake injf a new flight early next vear, the route covering (he South Atlantic, South America, "NVest 1 miles, North America, and the Norlh Atlantic Ocean. i’- Af !£ r , col > ,p ! c !' in * r all arrangements for hiw 60,000 mile h (light round the world, as originally planned, Pineda was unfortunate in damaging hi* machine in
trials on the eye of,tile flight, while dcscending m a heavy sea, and it appears that this mishap was responsible- for the present change of plains.
PARRY THOMAS'S NEW RECORD
t A second cable reports a new one* notir- world's record by Parry Thomas, driving a Lcyland-Thbinas car on the Brool<lands track,• an<| using ''‘Shell'' spirit and ml. Thomas covered 121.74 miles in the hour, (bus eclipsing last year's record o( 120.24 milcb by Urstman^
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12606, 17 November 1926, Page 10
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160AVIATION New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12606, 17 November 1926, Page 10
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