FUTURE OF FLYING.
CAPTAIN COSTES’ VIEWS
ALTITUDE OF SEVEN MILES
LONDON, June 1
AA’lien Captain Costes, inspector-gen-eral of the French Air Union, accompanied by his follow-airman, Lieutenant Bellonte—!-with whom he flew from Paris to New York last year—flew from Paris to Croydon to-day, a number of air liners escorted them to the aerodrome.
Captain Costes prophesied an eventual regular Atlantic air service. The machine of the future would fly at a height of seven miles, with the passengers enclosed in an airtight cabin, at a speed of 400 to 500 miles an hour, lie said. They would reach New York from Croydon in 10 hours. Speed was the only commodity an air-lino had to sell. •
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 206, 13 June 1931, Page 5
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