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1933
1933 - 0019.PDF
JULY 6, 1933 ADVERTISEMENTS. FLIGHT ANOTHER WORLD'S RECORD ... "The engine ran faultlessly for the 57 hours 25 minutes we were in the air. We did not experience one qualm on its account throughout the flight*" • • •• Squadron Leader O. R, GAYFORD in a published cable to the Air Ministry a*r W cRANWELbt^^B 0. World's Longest None Stop Flight PAR ISM MARSEILLES T- :>•._, . - i ^B9 1 ^^TUNIsfc^B ^DUALA«fe'" 1 LOANDAB • WALVIS BAYl| CAPETOWN^ Starting from CRANWELL at 7.15 a.m. on 6th February, 1933, a FAIREY (NAPIER-ENGINED) AEROPLANE, piloted by Squadron-Leader O. R. Gayford, D.F.C., A.F.C., and Flight-Lieut. G. E. Nicholetts, A.F.C., flew non stop to Walvis Bay in British South West Africa, a distance of 5,309 miles, in 57 hrs. 25 min. NAPIE ENGINES D. NAPIER & SON, LTD. ACTON, LONDON, W.3 Save time by using the Air Mail. xi
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