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High jump -- Pardee (O) 6-7 1/2, Rall (Y) 6-2, Gayford...
Distance (straight line) : Squadron Leader C. B. Gayford and Flight-Lieut. G. E. Nicholetts; 5.126 mi. in landplane (Great Britain...
Into the Fairey before dawn one day last week, climbed Squadron Leader Oswald Robert Gayford, 41, a stolid sharp-beaked pilot long seasoned in the R. A. F. After him went a handsome youngster named Flight-Lieut. Gilbert E. Nicholetts. As the big plane lumbered down the concrete runway, sparks spouted comet-like from her tailskid. It was 7:15 a.m. By 7 :15 p. m. she was roaring across the north coast of Africa. During most of the day, the "robot" controls had steadied her through thick weather. Not until they were over the Sahara that night could...
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