LONG-DISTANCE PLANE
PRINCE AT THE CONTROLS IN FINAL TEST
FLIGHT TO SOUTH AFRICA British Official Wireless RUGBY, Wednesday. The Prince of Wales took part in one of the final test flights of the huge Napier long-range airplane, in which two Royal Air Force officers, Squadron-Leader Jones-Willlams and Flying-Officer Jenkins, are to attempt this month to create a new long-dis-tance record. The Prince made a flight of some hours, and for a time took over the controls. It was the first occasion on which he had piloted a machine of this size. The monoplane, which yesterday was flown to the airdrome at Cranwell, Lincolnshire, from Northolt, will fly in a straight line to South Africa, 6,000 miles distant. It is hoped that the present world non-stop flight record of 4,900 miles will be broken. The machine will carry more fuel than on its non-stop flight to India last spring, and will this time be equipped with a special compact wireless set, which will enable the airmen to keep in contact and record the progress of the flight. The machine’s aneroid will be equipped with a contrivance which gives an audible warning when it descends below a certain level. The monoplane has a 530-horse-power Napier engine.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 839, 6 December 1929, Page 9
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204LONG-DISTANCE PLANE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 839, 6 December 1929, Page 9
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