The eighicenth anniversary of the trans-Allantic Might of the 1-34 was celebrated at the weekly tifin meeting of the Royal Air Force Association, held on July 2 in the "Dome" atop the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building.
'Mr. J. D. E. Shotter, who made the historic' fight from' East 'Fortune, Scotland, to America, was present, as were Mr. 'A. E Bates, who was amongst those who saw the craft off at East Fortune, and Mr. Howard Norris, who welcomed the R34 in the tig in' America.
The outward flight lasted 108 hours, and the retura 7% hours.
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