Honolulu, Jan. 19.
The greatest long-distance flight ever undertaken by the Air Arm of the United States Navy ended successfully to-day with the arrival at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, of the eighteen Navy bombers from San Diego, California. Favoured by good weather, the machines, flying in formation all the way, covered the 2,570 miles in 20 hours and 22 minutes. Each plane carried a crew of seven officers and men. As a precautionary measure, an aircraft tender, equipped with searchlights, was stationed half way along the route as a beacon—Reuter,
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