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Word: duststorm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...specially built Lockheed monoplane, flew it from London to Cape Town in 6 1/2 days for a record, despite a crackup in Africa. Last week Commander Kidston and his friend Capt. T. A. Gladstone were flying from Johannesburg to Natal in a Puss Moth biplane. They encountered a duststorm in the Drakensberg Mountains. A wing was wrenched off. Commander Kidston and friend crashed. Both died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: British Tragedies | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

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