AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 29 December 1933, Page 6

AVIATION

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-(BRITISH TRANSPORT SCHEME

‘WORLD’S FASTEST aimed AT.

(United Press Association—Bjr Electric

Telegraph—Copyright).

LONDON, December 16.

; A' three-year plan to cover. Eng-anu with a network of high-speed ■ i a u 'ftnes is expected to He the outcome of a con-, ference qf civic authonies from all parts of *he country.

The object is 'to put British a' 1 ’ trattsport dn the game basis as the railways and motor .buses, arid /to make the, service-the fastest in the world. The conference his been convened iby - the London Chamber ’of Commerce, in conjunction with the .Aeronautical Society, and will tirge the mwnicipaii'tes to develop airports to , accommodate fast planes and to provide light beacons, and radio beacons for night blind flying, tints enabling passengers to be carried by air to their actual destination#.

The Dc HaviHands company earned *£63,439. for . thet year. e tided Seofember 30, compared with £52,311 for" the previous year, arid is recommending a dividend,ofper cent., compared with 2\ per cent.

THE FLYING POLITICIAN.

LONDON. December 27

The Faithful City, the aeroplane iri which Mr Crawford Greene, >M.P., and' his parly made a holiday flight to Australia,.* pilolotL.hy-^JMr -Blosso, arrive od 'ririexpectediy ’at Clacton to-day. when it emerged - .' from’= the fog hnd made a perfect landing on the beach.

Mr Greene and his companions are how at Khartoum, and expect to arrive at England pn January 6.