The Archive · 1938

British Airmen Break Four Records

Clouston and Ricketts Set Up Marks by N.-Z. Flight London, Mar. 27.

Four records were shattered by flying-Officer A. E. Clouston and Mr. V. Ricketts in the course of th flight to New Zealand and back, the Royal Air Club announced officially to-day.

They made the London-Sydney leg in 80 hours and 56 minutes; the London-New Zealand fight in 104 hours and 20 minutes; the New Zealand-London trip in 140 hours and 27 minutes, and finally, they set a new record of 110 hours, 22 minutes for the Sydney-London flight—Havas,

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