THE CHALLENGE
Solo Charity Flight London to Cape Town
7200+ miles crossing 13 countries, mountains, deserts and seas. 100 years on from the first flight to the Cape.
HISTORY
100 years ago In December 1919, the British Air Ministry announced surveys had been completed by the RAF and a string of airfields established on the African route. It was now open to Aviators !
The London times offered a prize for the first person to fly from London – Cape Town.
Col Pierre van Ryneveld and Lt. Col Christopher Joseph Qunitin Brand were the first to make it there 100 years ago in a Vimy named the Silver Queen.
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