BELAY MAIL AEROPLANES.
The production of a special mail aero-, piano, on the lines laid down in the Air Ministry specifications, should put f-i end to the interest now taken in record flights by light aeroplanes between England and Australia.. When that machino is produced it will presumably be tried out by Imperial Airways, and they, naturally, will use tho relay system described above. Sections of the route will before long be organised for uight flying. Neither pilot nor engine will undergo any risk of being run to a standstill. Then we shal' be able to get letters to Australia in really fast time. What the minimum; time will ultimately be we cannot say. Officials have talked about ton.or eleven days. Obviously that is too long.' If a single Gipsy Moth, with a single pilot, can do the journey in about nine days, tho relays af special mail aeroplanes, backed by experienced organisation, should bo ablo to get our lotters through in a timo which not long ago seemed quito beyond the bounds of possibility.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 81, 2 October 1931, Page 7
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175BELAY MAIL AEROPLANES. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 81, 2 October 1931, Page 7
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