NEW YORK IN 12 HOURS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1923, Page 1

NEW YORK IN 12 HOURS

In a paper on the position of air transport to-day, Major-Hen. Sir V. . S. Braueker, Director of Civil Aviation, said that heights of 30,900 ft and speeds of 300 miles an hour are possible, placing New York within 12 hours of London, ami also that navication through any cloud or storm will he as easy to the aircraft of the future as navigation m the en is to the big ship of to-day. Air transport must he very carefully nursed until if is econo mically independent, but il (ill passengers could be secured a day on the I.oiiilon-Pari- roilie they could be carried at Cl 3s a head, with the D.II. 3! type of machine, or a! Co with a considerable profit, and that without any subsidy. He gave a si anew ha I disquieting account of tiic backwardness ol British air iran-port. The total distance flown on regular route-; v. a - only (>32,000 mile in 1022. 1 lie distance flow n in France was scheduled at 2.220,000 mile.-.. The amount spent by Eva nee in subsidies to civil flying was about C3.t iO.nOO, as again.-t. a sum of about Ciil)o,l)iH) spent in this country in a period of 3 years. In Germany the amount el' scheduled ttving last year was 1,('.30,000 miles. Great progress L.i- been made by British aircraft towards safety and trustworthiness. Only 3 fatal accident;-; look place last year, and there was no fatal accident to a passenger on the regular British air routes.