Captain William 'Bill' Lancaster became what we would now call a celebrity during his career as a record-breaking flyer, which culminated in a much publicised love affair with Jessie 'Chubbie' Miller (nicknamed the Australian Aviatrix'). He then achieved notoriety as the defendant in a sensational murder trial in America. Less than a year after his acquittal, his disappearance during an attempt on the London to Cape Town record in 1933, led to suggestions that his ill-prepared last flight had been driven by desperation and perhaps even guilt.
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