. Review of reviews and world's work . PERNAMBl/CO TRANSATLANTIC AIRPLANE ROUTES AND DISTANCES Southern Routes The comparative nearness of the Azoreswith their summer seas determines thesouthern air route. A flight overseas fromSt. Johns of 1200 miles brings the aircraft•to these islands, while Lisbon lies but 900miles further eastward. The South Atlan-tic is more easily spanned, however, by sail-ing from Cape Verde at the western ex-tremity of Africa, and calling at the CapeVerde Islands 400 miles off the coast, whena straightaway flight of but 900 miles bringsthe pilot to St. Pauls Rocks, a
. Review of reviews and world's work . PERNAMBl/CO TRANSATLANTIC AIRPLANE ROUTES AND DISTANCES Southern Routes The comparative nearness of the Azoreswith their summer seas determines thesouthern air route. A flight overseas fromSt. Johns of 1200 miles brings the aircraft•to these islands, while Lisbon lies but 900miles further eastward. The South Atlan-tic is more easily spanned, however, by sail-ing from Cape Verde at the western ex-tremity of Africa, and calling at the CapeVerde Islands 400 miles off the coast, whena straightaway flight of but 900 miles bringsthe pilot to St. Pauls Rocks, a group ofislands off the coast of South America. Aflight of 400 miles separates the islands fromPernambuco. With the ultimate develop-ment of aircraft no-stopflights will doubtless be pos-sible, and the air lanes willdisregard these stepping-stones. Naples and return, a distance of 920 miles,has been made without alighting. A jour-ney has been made by air from Paris toCairo, Egypt, by way of Alps and the Pyrenees h
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