TEST OF COMPOSITE MACHINE
SEPARATE AT HIGH ALTITUDE PREPARE FOR ATLANTIC FLIGHT United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copy il LONDON. May 10 The Mala and the Mercury, forming a composite machine, the latter carrying a full Atlantic load of 20,5001 b., separated successfully at an altitude of 3000 ft. during an Air Ministry test. The Mercury jettisoned 900 gallons of petrol, which would largely have been consumed on a trans-Atlantic flight, before alighting.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20496, 12 May 1938, Page 3
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72TEST OF COMPOSITE MACHINE Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20496, 12 May 1938, Page 3
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