AVIATION: US pilot flies record breaking 1, 800 miles in a day. (1931)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Crack US pilot, Captain Hawks, makes record flight in 9 1, 2 hours. Breakfast in London, Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: 1, 800 Miles in a Day ENGLAND: London: Heston Aerodrome: EXT Captain Frank M Hawks (Aviator, pilot) along to plane ( Texaco 13 (NR1313), and climbs aboard Plane taking off to BV (morning) SLATE Croydon: (Evening) Hawks plane landing at aerodrome after travelling record breaking 1, 800 miles Captain Hawkes (in cockpit) interviewed SOT saying he has parcel from Italy comparing Rocky Mountains to Alps Background: Crack US pilot, Captain Hawks, makes record flight in 9 1, 2 hours. Breakfast in London, lunch in Rome, and back for tea. In a hurry. , having reached Rome in 4 1, 2 hours, the Human Bullet shoots back to London. B, W footage. Aviation, aeroplanes, Frank Monroe Hawks (March 28