AIR MAIL SERVICE.
CENTRAL AFRICA TO BRITAIN. REACHES LONDON ON SCHEDULE (United Press Association —Copyright). (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON , March 19. The first air mail liner from Central Africa to Great Britain arrived at Croydon this afternoon at scheduled time. Jt covered the 5114 miles in nine days, saving 23 days compared with surface transport. The first stages of the flight from Mwanza (Tanganyika) to Khartoum were covered by jthfe imperial Airways .flying-boat City* of Khartoum. At Khartoum the mail was transferred to a land ’plane and flown to Cairo, where it was joined by the London-bound Indian air mail. A second flying-boat on the stage across the Mediterranean from C(mo to Athens, and the journey home, was completed by ordinary air liner. About 54,000 letters were delivered from the liner.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 135, 20 March 1931, Page 5
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