| On March 9th,
1928, Lady Bailey left Stag Lane on a Standard De Havilland Moth with
a A.D.C. Cirrus Mk. II engine of 75/80 h.p. An extra tank was fitted
in the front cockpit giving a range of 10½ hours. She reached
Cape Town on April 30th after a journey of 8,000 miles. The return
journey, which started in September, was made across the Belgian Congo,
along the southern edge of the Sahara and up the west coast of Africa
and home across Spain and France. Lady Bailey reached Stag Lane on
January 16th after flying some 18,000 miles. |
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