SAFETY IN THE AIR
MILLION MILES—ONE CRASH LONDON, November 3. In his discussion on Imperial air communications at a meeting of the Imperial Conference, the Air Minister (Sir Samuel Hoare) pointed out that since the last conference the mileage covered by tho regular air routes of the world had more than doubled. As to safety, for 5,000,000 miles flown by British services there had been foulfatal accidents and 1,000,000 miles had been flown in Australia with on!v one accident. There was to-day no technical or operational reason why London should not bo brought by aeroplane or airship within a fortnight of the furthest territories of the Empire. There was no technical reason why the journey to Canada should not bo reduced to two and n-half days, to India five days, to Capetown six days, to Australia 11 days, and to New Zealand 13 days.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12604, 15 November 1926, Page 8
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144SAFETY IN THE AIR New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12604, 15 November 1926, Page 8
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