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1924
1924 - 0193.PDF
APRIL 3, 1924 ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHTS Dutch Harbour?" Rtropavlovsk YakuM Wranqell Kushiro / Vancouver Fusan 5anta Monica USA.Sfarfrng poinC March//* (Outer Rin£) Neu-York Cabhk Bntish Starting pow-/ Luons TtfL^ Athens C*in» Basra Baghdad ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHTS : This sketch map has been prepared to show at a glance the position every week of the British and American crews as known up to Tuesday evening. It is proposed to publish this map week by week, and to mark on the two dark rings by white spots the approximate position reached by American and British aviators. The direction followed by the Americans is clockwise (i.e., east to west), and that of the Vickers " Vulture " anti-clockwise (west to east). The Americans left Santa Monica, California, on March 17; the British crew left Calshot (Southampton Water) on March 25. On Tuesday evening the Americans were still at Seattle, and the British down at Corfu. BAD weather, minor mishaps, and, finally, engine trouble, were the principal items in the first week of the British Round-the-World Flight. At the time of writing, Squadron- Leader MacLaren and crew are at the Southern end of the Island of Corfu, where engine trouble brought the Vickers- Napier " Vulture " amphibian down, fortunately, without fly •ii in^BF^y^' t Wm^Bm^f ^HHNvM^<< | fc»..ri- • j ^^^ BK f h . ^w • • • • .. - . 11 L—jam8 •niKjr> 1 WMj- % • .1 ' . i i i • u i 1 W^^ ~^?~ The Napier "Lion" engine: This engine, similar to that fitted on the Vickers "Vul ture," will be exhibited in the motor section at Wembley. •:• •:• •:• •:• 193
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