EMPIRE AIR SERVICES.
RAPID DEVELOPMENT. 1 TRANSATLANTIC AEROPLANES. LONDON, August 27. A week-end spent in Cairo will soon be practicable, and the journey to Australia will take only a few days, declared Sir Alan Cobham at a display at the Plymouth municipal aerodrome. Several companies, English and American, were exploring the possibilities of a regular transatlantic service, .said Sir Alan, and he believed that they would be in operation within the next year or so. The fares would not exceed first-class shipping rates. Flying boats would be employed starting from Plymouth, Falmouth or Southampton.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 286, 14 September 1933, Page 8
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94EMPIRE AIR SERVICES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 286, 14 September 1933, Page 8
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