Seen as Significant Event by Mr. Arita Tokyo, Dec.
"Deep significance" in the completion of an "anti-Comintern route the air" by the successful flight of the 1 German goodwill airliner from Berlin to Tokyo yesterday was seen by Mr. Hachiro Arita, Foreign Minister, The record-breaking achievement, he said, would also play an important part in promoting regular air services from Japan to Germany and in shortening the distance separating Asia from Europe, Arriving at Tachikawa aerodrome: outside Tokyo in 46 hours 15 minutes and 52 seconds after taking off from Berlin, the giant four-motored Condor set up a new Europe to Japan record, With five hours and 20 minutes spent in-refuelling stops at Basr: chi, and Hanoi, the machine covered 14,- 600 kilometres in 40 hours, 55 minutes. and 52 seconds of actual flying time. lis average speed was computed at 324 kilometres and hour.
The flight, Mr. Arita declared, testified to the great power of German. aeronautics, the "extraordinarily fine skill" of the plane's crew and the excellence of the machine itself.
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