THE WORLD FLIGHT.
LEADER BREAKS RECORDS. CIVIL AVIATION TEST. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, May 2. Captain Blake broke seven world’s records yesterday by flying from London to Paris a,nd back twice in the day, covering 1000 miles between 7 a.m and 5.30 p.m. Interviewed, Captain Blake said his chief object was to show that civil aviation was commercially possible without subsidies by means of getting a higher daily mileage out of the machines. Daimlers intended henceforth to run two cross-channel services daily with one-machine, with a fresh p n nt on each return journey. Captain Blake added that he was considering taking a third man round the world. He had invited Sir Keith Smith but he, after the tragic shock at Brooklands, did not feel justified in accepting, though keenly interested in the project. The Air Ministry has consented to lend an amphibean for the flight.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1922, Page 5
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146THE WORLD FLIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1922, Page 5
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