NEW TASMAN FLYING BOATS
BELFAST, Sept. 2. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Leonard Isitt, chairman of Tasman Empire Airways, inspected the first of the four flying-boats which are being built for the New Zealand-Australia service. The luxurious four-engined Solent will carry 35 passengers on two decks at a cruising speed of 220 miles an hour. They are expected: to be completed before 1949.
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Grey River Argus, 4 September 1948, Page 8
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