Fairey Long-range Monoplane

The Fairey Long-range Monoplane was an experimental single-engine, high-wing aircraft built to Air Ministry Specification 33/27 as a serious study of ways to increase aircraft range, and nicknamed Eversharp for its pointed nose. Two were built. The first, Monoplane I, flew on 14 November 1928 and in April 1929 made the first non-stop flight from Britain to India, landing at Karachi after almost 51 hours; a second attempt to reach South Africa crashed in Tunisia in December 1929 and killed the crew. The second aircraft, K1991, flew a record 5,410 miles non-stop from Cranwell to Walvis Bay in February 1933.