BRITAIN'S AIR FLEET.
BUILDING PROGRAMME. BOMBERS NEARING COMPLETION (by cable— pbess ASSOCIATION— COrrRIGHT.) AND N-.Z CABLS ASSOCIATION.) (Received October 2Sth, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 27. The Hawker Rolls Royce daylight bombers, valued at over £500,000, are now being completed. It is intended to equip four home defence squadrons and for this purpose 70 to SO machines will be required. SIR ALAN COBHAM'S PROJECT. IAL'STRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION-.) (Received October 2Sth, 55 p.m.) LONDON, October 27. Sir Alan Cobham, prior to his departure to circumnavigate Africa in an all-metal Short, Rolls Royce flying-boat, will attempt to break the speed record for a seaplane carrying 4409 pounds. The present record is 109.2 miles an hour. Sir Alan Cobham will carry a crew of four. His is the world's largest all-metal flying boat, and can carry a maximum of 20 persons.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19144, 29 October 1927, Page 15
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139BRITAIN'S AIR FLEET. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19144, 29 October 1927, Page 15
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