ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.
JOURNEY IN ONE WEEK. LONDON, Dec. iiG. Britain (says the News of the World) will order three all-steel aeroplanes, each, of which, will ihave a speed of KO miles an hour, accommodation for 25 passengers and three" tons Of cargo, and. a range ioi 2000 miles. The aeroplanes will form the nucleus of daily European express services, and eventually will Jae employed in tiie Australian service, making the journey to Sydney in one week. 4*. message from Paris says that an official trial of an aeroplane, propelled by compressed air, will be held early in 1024. If the test is successful, it will be possible_tQ fly from Paris to London in 35 minutes, and from Paris to Mosoew in 280 minutes.
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Otaki Mail, 7 January 1924, Page 3
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124ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. Otaki Mail, 7 January 1924, Page 3
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