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References
- 1 2 3 "The round-Germany flight". Flight . Vol. XVII no. 22. 28 May 1925. p. 324.
- ↑ "Some impressions of the round-Germany flight". Flight . Vol. XVII no. 23. 4 June 1925. p. 343.