SWIFT FLIGHT
MADE AT GREAT ALTITUDE FLYING FORTRESS CROSSES CONTINENT. QXYGEN USED BY CREW THROUGHOUT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. WASHINGTON, July 1. The War Department announced that an “Army flying fortress” had secretly completed the first transcontinental stratosphere flight of 2,317 miles in 11 hours 20 minutes. The pilot, Colonel Robert Olds and the crew of seven, required to remain under oxygen throughout. The altitude varied from 13,000 to 16,000 feet.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 July 1938, Page 8
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71SWIFT FLIGHT Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 July 1938, Page 8
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