British Fliers' Journey From London in Two Days Capetown, Nov. 17.
Breaking all former records for a flight from England to the Cape, Mts. Betty Kirby-Green, the 31-year-old airwoman and Flying-Ofücer A. E Clouston landed here at 6.55 pin. Greenwich Mean Time, yesterday, In their attempt to break the record for a flight from England to the Cape and back, they took only 45 hours to cover the distance of 7,000 odd miles from Croydon, thus considerably im proving on the time of Miss Am Johnson, who took three days and six hours for the trip. Their average speed was 160 m.p.h, including four stops occupying nine hours 33 minutes.
An enormous crowd awaited Mrs.
Kirby-Green and her companion at the airport, over which they circled for five minutes. The pair were given a tumultuous reception, the cheering drowning the drone of the engine. They intend to on their return flight to London at 6 am G.M.T.,, to-morrow.
They left Croydon at 156 a.m. on} November 15, made an extremely fast flight to Cairo, and after lo Khartum flew almost continue until they reached the Cape. Their four stops were at Cairo, Khartum, Broken Hill (N. Rhodesia) and Johannesburg. They stayed only 37 minutes -at Broken Hill and 29 minutes at Johannesburg where they did not leave their machi
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