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The forgotten story of Britain’s perilous bid to fly around the world
In 1924, three British pilots embarked on a mission to circumnavigate the globe
RAF Squadron Leader Archibald Stuart-MacLaren holding his daughter Lilian from the cockpit of his Vickers Vulture biplane at Calshot aerodrome as preparations are made for their flight Credit: Getty Images This wasn’t the first attempt to fly around the world. General Allenby, the British High Commisioner in Egypt, alongside Squadron Leader Stuart-MacLaren, Heliopolis Aerodrome in Cairo Credit: Getty Images The Times correspondent covering the voyage wrote: “In a few minutes the machine was surrounded by thousands of countryfolk. RAF Squadron Leader Archibald Stuart-MacLaren is greeted by a Japanese naval officer on arrival in Tokyo, July 1924 Credit: Getty Images In Hong Kong, Sergeant Andrews suffered from heat stroke while working on the seaplane and was taken to hospital in Shanghai, from where he would travel up by rail and water to meet them in Japan.
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