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Menu for a dinner given by the Sperry Gyroscope Company
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Menu in congratulations for Imperial Airways attaining the worlds long distance seaplane record from Dundee to Orange River. Seaplane "Mercury" captained by Don Bennett with I Harvey as 1st officer. On the reverse signatures. Submitted with caption…
Refuelling ‘Mercury’ at Orange River after world record flight
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Refuelling Short S.20 seaplane G-ADHJ ‘Mercury’ at Orange River, South Africa, on 8 October 1938, after Don Bennett’s world record flight from Dundee, Scotland. The ultimate destination was Cape Town, but Bennett was too low on fuel. Flight time: 42…