The Archive · 1938

Tokyo Safely Good Flight Made by New Commercial Ships

German Planes Reach

Tokyo, Apr. 29.

Two German-built passenger aeroplanes landed at the Haneda airport tore this afternoon, 143 how after their departure from the Limpelhot airdrome in Ber 1 people greeted the eight fliers, when they opened the their huge quadri-motored 116-type monoplanes The two machines cane to a smooth landing at the airfield within four minutes of each other, a> 3.10 a 3.14 o'clock this afte The difficult last lap from Taihoi covered by ie Jay planes in 7 hours figures on the re-two machines were aper men computed that the two a ft had covered the distance in about 53 hours of Synz time.

This time with the mark favourably of hows 19.23 minutes set by "Kamikaze," or —in 1936 on its the acord brea: the "Divine Wind. h from here to The two pilots, Messr and Hachio Yokcham; paper men they had fair weather and good flying conditions since their ce: parture from Berlin, The crews of the two machines also included two ce-pilots and four mechanics. Both Kato and Yokohama resently took part in a race around lydia in of Heinkel plane.

The two speedy craft, which averaged close to 290 Kilometres an hour in their flight here, were purchased by the Manchuria Air Transport Company for their Tokyo-Changchun air route.—Domei Switzerland Wish to

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