DUBLIN AIR SERVICE.
I PROPOSED LINE TO LONDON. . V DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION. LONDON, January 3. . The Free State Government, which is establishing a Department of Civil Aviation, says the Dublin correspondent of "The Times,"" will take early steps to collaborate with Imperial Airways, Limited j in arranging a London-Dublin air service. . . lai the preliminary negotiations the plan is for twin-engined Handley-Page Napier machines.to carry passengers from London to Liverpool, whence luxurious flying boatSj equipped with 500h.p. air-cooled engines, and having accommodatiou for 15 passengers each, will make the Short flight across the Inisfo Sea. The total journey would occupy four hours, as against the present 10- hours by tram and steamer. •
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 81, 16 January 1928, Page 6
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