Daredevils - Stunts
Mar. 31 World Speed Mark Raised By Nearly 10 M.P.H.: Lt. Commander M.J. Lithgow and his Super marine Swift Mark IV have flashed across the Libyan Desert in North Africa at 737.3 m.p.h. almost faster than the previous best of Squadron Leader Neville Duke and his Hawker Hunter. If the Speed-clocking system can by repaired soon, Lithgow will try to do even better. Photo shows Top left: The timing team in position 1, 000 yards off the course. Mr. B.W. Chalk follow the plane with the telescopic sights of the timing cameras. Top Right Pilot's eye-view of the long, straight desert road from Tripoli to Azizio. Bottom Left Lithgow in the swift making a practice run. Foreground is Col. R. Preston. Secretary of Britain's Royal Aero club, Bottom right. mike Lithgow in the cockpit of his swift
