LEVIATHANS OF THE AIR
ENGLAND-INBIA SERVICE BUFFET FOR 40 PASSENGERS British Official Wireless Reed. 11.45 a.m. RUGBY, Tuesday. Imperial Airways have placed an order with Handley-Page, Limited, for the construction of four-engined 2,000 horse-power airplanes for the EnglandIndia air line. Bach machine will he, capable of carrying 40 passengers in addition to a pilot, an engineer and a steward. There will be a buffet from which refreshments will be served to passengers while the machine is in flight. The machine will be fitted with automatic slots to ensure safety. The total order represents one of the largest contracts yet placed for British air transport. The fuselage, complete, hut without wings, will be on exhibition at the British Aero Show at Olympia in July, and for exhibition purpose will be mainly of wood, although the actual aircraft will be entirely of metal construction.
The Air Ministry has agreed co pay £IOO,OOO to Handley-Page, Limited, for the right to use the company’s automatic wing slot device in the Royal Air Force machines.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 634, 10 April 1929, Page 9
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