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Newspaper of the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Association 179. 15th YEAR, MAY, 1969 Published first Thursday of the month Price: One S.hming R.N. CONTENDERS IN TRANSATLANTIC ANNIVERSARY EVENT The
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Ark Both the Navy and the Fleet Air Arm have high hopes for their contenders in the Transatlantic Air Race which takes place in early May to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first non-stop Atlantic flight by Alcocl: and Brown. The Fleet Air Arm are
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three supersonic Phantoms of 892 Squadron. Yeovilton. for the west-east dash and a £S.0(X) prize. The planes’ observers will speed by motor cycle and helicopters from the Empire State Building. New York. to their waiting Phantoms at the U.S. naval airfield. —
During the flight to Britain the Phant_oms will be refuelled three times by R.A.F. Victor tanker.
and H.M.S. Nubian will be stationed in the Atlantic to control one of the refuelling renders-ous. The Phantoms vsill land at the B.A.C. airfield. Wisley. from sshere the Fleet Air Arm men will use a "secret" method of transport to get them to the top
of London's (i.P.O. tower. The Phantoms plan to fly on three different days. .'sl.in.iger of the Fleet Air Arm team is Capt. R. D. l.)go and the three crevis of pilot and nbserser viill be: l.ieut-Cdr. llrian Davies (Commanding
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