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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1951
Page
4
Wing Comdr Roland Beamont recalls piloting a Canberra jet from Ireland to Newfoundland in four hours eight minutes, a world record set Aug 31. He describes weather, navigation challenges, and the flight's purpose delivering the aircraft to Glenn L. Martin Co. for U S Air Force work.
The aircraft pushed into a final dive over Gander reaching 3000 feet at high speed. We sighted Gander Lake and two moored boats with equipment, then flew 500 feet above the water toward the observation post ten miles ahead. Gander tower confirmed a crossing time of four hours 1842 minutes.
In the Chatham Islands far from New Zealand, milkmen greet the new year as it arrives. Meanwhile in New York City they begin their early rounds on the morning of December 31, signaling a cross continental dawn of service and routine.
The saying to go beyond the Pillars of Hercules signals crossing a limit once believed to mark the edge of the world. Anciently the Straits of Gibraltar framed the western boundary and dust storms are noted as a long standing phenomenon in the United States.
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