New Flying Record
"■:'• • J! ' •" - j { , V. ' I? ; j R,eQ^iyqd Frjday, 8.50 p.ng. .. ^ i « i -t u -.! f .SYDNEY, JVfaxchj 19.; • : - :Thq Han41eyrRag§ Hastings , four-, engined ifroop. ftransport mgn.QpIan.e ■ ■which ds. qar, an . e?dli"bj.tion uipufc; of Australia and New:; Zealand . has-, art riy edr: in Sydney, , It. . estahiished s , a" ■ XiOndon-Sydney record of 46 $ hours flying time and "broke the non^stop. record from Karachi to, Ceylon with a' time of five hours, indicating'the ( remhrkahle' ay'erage* speed 'over . this section' 0 £ 347 miles an hopr. ' A . The^ Hastings1 .can carry 50 ' ftMy,,.'equippe4 ,/Jiroqps j'W ' eight tons ' bf / fr.eigli.t at an' eqonomic cruisih'g'speed; . , of 275 i^i'le^ .p hour." Its perfqrmance; . is being. watphed closely by AuStfaiian. airiine operators becauSe.'of tiij fact . that '^he civiliaii veTsidn,, Hermes,. provid.es the only immediate British challenge to American airJiners in this class. The- P'ederal Government may order a number of Hastings aircraft for the B.A.A.P.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 March 1948, Page 4
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148New Flying Record Chronicle (Levin), 20 March 1948, Page 4
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