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Mrs. Mollison arrived in Cape Town at 3.30 British Summer Time on May 7, having completed a flight from England in 3 days 6 hr. 25 min. This time is a little more than eleven hours better than the previous record set up by Flight Lieutenant Rose, and represents a noteworthy achievement as regards endurance of both pilot and aeroplane. Mrs. Mollison flew over the West Coast route in Africa, and her machine was a Percival Gull with a Gipsy Six (120 h.p.) engine. It is stated in The Times that the distance covered was about 6,200 miles, with 43 hours flying and 36 hours on the ground. At the time of writing, Mrs. Mollison is well started on the return journey, but following the East Coast route.
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England to Cape Flight. Nature 137, 821 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137821b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137821b0