Lancaster Takes Off On Cape Flight -- Captain Lancaster in the cockpit of the Southern star junior at Lympne just before the take off at Dawn today. Flying a Southern star junior plane, Captain Lancaster left Lympne Aerodrome this morning April 11 on Hi bid to smash the Cape flight record held by Mrs. Amy Mollison. He hopes to make Oran in Algeria in one hop. His mother was present on the airfield to bid him farewell. April 11, 1933. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
Lancaster Takes Off On Cape Flight -- Captain Lancaster in the cockpit of the Southern star junior at Lympne just before the take off at Dawn today. Flying a Southern star junior plane, Captain Lancaster left Lympne Aerodrome this morning April 11 on Hi bid to smash the Cape flight record held by Mrs. Amy Mollison. He hopes to make Oran in Algeria in one hop. His mother was present on the airfield to bid him farewell. April 11, 1933. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).