Comet Aircraft For LondonSydney Run
Received Mondav, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, March U. A prediction that the new Britisli four-jet airliner, tthe de Ilavilland Comet, will probably be on tlie Lonclon ' Sydney run in 1 952, was made by Group Captain John Cunningliam, cliief de Havilland test. pilot, who arjtived here by air today i'rom England.
i Group Captain Cunningham was top R.A.F. night lighter ace with a se'ore of 19 enemy aircraft destroyed by night and one by day. He added that the Comet was as big as the Constellation. It wpuld fly at 35,000 feet at about 500 miles an houT and should do the London-Sydney run easilv in two days lapsed' or 36 hoiira ' of ilying time. Group Captain Cunningham is flying ove'r the route to examine jet requirenients ueeessary at intermediate airports.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1949, Page 8
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