NEW FLYING BOATS
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS FLEET SECOND UNDERGOES TEST (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Sept. 12. (Received Sept. 14, at 5.5 p.m.) The giant flying boat Caledonia, the second of 29 aircraft now being built for Imperial Airways for the Empire routes, was launched at Rochester and underwent a test flight, which is stated to have been satisfactory. The flying boat will be completed in time for the Caledonia to leave on Monday for Felixstowe to be tested for a' certificate of airworthiness. It has rarely happened that such a big aeroplane has been ready for submission to Air Ministry tests within three days of its trial flight. The boat was handled easily on the water and took_ off quickly, and as a result of the flight the boat is regarded as being ready for full-load tests. Meanwhile, the flying boat Canopus, which is the first of the series, is nearly ready for acceptance tests by Imperial Airways. The Canopus is regarded by the builders and other experts as a model of what an • efficient, luxurious flying boat should be.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22986, 15 September 1936, Page 9
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