Cape Town Autogiro Attempt
On 25 November 1934, she took off from Lympne Airport in a Cierva C.30A autogiro (G-ACVX), headed for Cape Town, in an attempt on the record for the longest autogiro flight, but the aircraft was damaged at Nimes in France after 610 miles, and no further attempt followed.
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