Aircraft Photo of K1991 | Fairey Long-range Monoplane | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #361602
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:K1991
Aircraft Original Type:Fairey Long-range Monoplane
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairey Long-range Monoplane
Aircraft Version:Fairey Long-range Monoplane
C/n (msn):[ K1991 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:CranwellMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGYD   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:6 February 1933
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 361602
Photo Comment

The Fairey Long-range Monoplane first flew in November 1928. The first example, J9479, flew non-stop from Britain to India but did not manage to break the world distance record before it fatally crashed in 1929. This is its replacement, presumably photographed in the early morning of 6 February 1933 before Sqn Ldr Gayford and Flt Lt Nicholetts took off for a successful non-stop flight to Walvis Bay in South Africa in 57 hours, taking the world distance record for a couple of months.

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