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DARING VENTURE

SWEDE FLYING ATLANTIC IN SMALL PLANE NINETY HORSE-POWER ENGINE. FUEL FOR 45 HOURS. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) St JOHNS (Newfoundland), May 16. Charles Backman, a Swedish .aviator aged 25, hopped off on a flight to to Sweden in a 90 horse-power monoplane, the smallest machine ever to attempt to cross the Atlantic. Backman has sufficient fuel for 45 hours in the air and hopes to reach his ejestination travelling at 100 miles an hour.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19390517.2.87

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1939, Page 6

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DARING VENTURE Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1939, Page 6

DARING VENTURE Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1939, Page 6

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