CAPE 70 CAIRO FLIGHT.
PROGRESS OF THE FLIGHT. A COMPETITOR AT KHARTOUM. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 0, 10.45 p.m. London, Feb. f). Captain Mitchell has arrived at Khartoum. He made two forced landings owing to a leaky water jacket.—Times Service.
[The aerial route from Cairo to the Cape is approximately 3200 miles. The A'r Ministry recently announced that after 12 months' work three survey par.ties had explored the various /ones of the route. They had prepared aerodromes and landing grounds about 2CO miles apart along' the selected route, which follows the Nile for the greater part of the way to Khartoum, thence goes through Uganda, skirts tiie eastern shore of. Lake Victoria Nyanza,, pa.ws over East Africa, and thence W wav of Bnlawayo, Pretoria, Johannesburg, 'and Bloeinfontein, reaches Capetown]."
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1920, Page 5
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130CAPE 70 CAIRO FLIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1920, Page 5
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