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Old 13th Oct 2001, 19:46
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The longest flight which I know of - and no I was NOT there at the time - was the flight by 2 Vickers Wellesleys in 1938 from Ismailia in Egypt to Darwin. They did the 7162 miles in just over 48 hours... Crew of 3 in each and but a single Bristol Pegasus XXII engine in each aircraft!
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