L'IIlustration French Magazine Original FRONT COVER 1938 - World Record Flight

An ORIGINAL FRONT COVER from the French Magazine L'ILLUSTRATION dated 2 Avril 1938. WORLD RECORD FLIGHT......On 15 March 1938, Clouston departed from Gravesend with Victor Ricketts in DH.88 Comet G-ACSS. He flew via Cairo, Basra, Allahabad, Penang and Singapore to Darwin, but without beating the 1934 record set by C. W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black in the same aircraft. He flew on to Sydney via Charleville, without being aware of the London to Sydney record, until massive crowds welcomed him there as a record-breaker. The next day, 20 March 1938, he flew across the Tasman Sea to Blenheim Municipal Aerodrome (Omaka) in New Zealand, setting more records. He then flew back to Australia, and continued on a return flight to Croydon, arriving in fog on 26 March 1938. He had established eleven records at the end of a round-trip of about 26,000 miles.Page size 15" x 11 1/4"