OIL FROM COAL.
USE BY ROYAL AIR FORCE. (United Press Association— Copyright). LONDON, March 20. In view of the Government policy of assisting the production of petrol from coal, interest is attached to the statement by the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Air (Sir Philip Sassoon) in the House of Commons, that nine squadrons of the Royal Air Force are now flying entirely) and with satisfactory results, on spn it derived by the low temperature carbonisation of British coal. Sir Philip Sassoon also referred to the progress being made with British compression ignition engines, and drew attention to the fact that the world record altitude for an aeroplane fitted with a heavy oil engine was established by a British machine last .May, with a height of 28,000 feet.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 137, 22 March 1935, Page 5
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