Flight-Lieutenant 'T, Rose has sot up avery fine performance in cover-Ing the 6,250 miles from England Capetown in under four days. He thus disposes of the record sot up by Mrs, Amy Mollison in 1932. 'The fact that Mrs, Mollison's feat has stood for nearly four years indicates "how remarkable it was and how greatly she has deserved her place on the roll of British aviation' fame." Mr. Roose, like her, encountered special difficulties when nearing his goal. A tropical storm. brought him face to face with failure but he made a magnificent recovery and has rightly received the plaudits of his South African hosts. Tt will be recalled that Mr, Campbell Black with Mr. 3.1, G. McArthur as relict pilot twice attempted to beat the record fon this route last year but failed. On August 8 they left Hatflold in a Comet with the idea of flying to Capetozm and back in five days. They reached Cairo in the good ime of 11 hours 18 minutes for the 2240 miles but had to abandon the Aight owing to a slight defect. On September 21 they again set out from Hatfield but atter arriving at Caro and Jeaving there on September 22 they crashed near Kabushia, 130 miles north of Khartum. Their machine was destroyed but they were unhurt, The success now by Mr. Rose receives added lustre from these failures.
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