FAST AIR LINERS
NEW CRAFT BEING BUILT IN BRITAIN.
ONE FOR STRATOSPHERE FLYING
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, December 28.
The “Daily Telegraph’s” aviation writer says that three air liners are being constructed by Short Brothers, two of which are intended to operate at 10,000 feet with 18 passengers and 3000 pounds of mail, at a cruising speed of 250 miles an hour.
The third plane is designed for stratosphere flying. It is expected to have a top speed of 300 miles an hour. All the planes will have a formal range of 3000 miles.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 December 1938, Page 5
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