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1933
1933 - 0141.PDF
joiv 20, 1933 ADVERTISEMENTS. FLIGHT ANOTHER WORLDS RECORD ^r ^H^^^^^59lN*fiJ**^^^,* P^^^RAN W EUjfc-' ^^^^PARIS B^iSS^Rr --« ^VJK MARSEIL^Sj jfl World's Longest NoruSfop Flight H N^TUNISJ V.:': H \ ^^UALAW LOANDAS WALVIS BAY! • "\ CAPETOWN • • • " 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 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 C 2
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