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3 unusual facts about Short Mayo Composite


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The children's novel The Sound of Propellors by Clive King follows the adventure of an Indian schoolboy who stows away on a fictional test flight from England to India, which is sabotaged by a German spy.

Maia, flown by Captain A.S. Wilcockson, took off from Southampton carrying Mercury piloted by Captain Don Bennett.

After modifications to extend Mercurys range, it subsequently established a record flight for a seaplane of 6,045 miles (9,726.4 km) from Dundee in Scotland to Alexander Bay, in South Africa between 6 and 8 October 1938.



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