AIR RACE TO N.Z.
UNITED STATES INTERESTED (Rec. 12.15.) NEW YORK, April 11. United States aircraft designers were “interested” in British plans for a 12,000-mile air race from England to New Zealand in 1953, the “New York World-Teiegram” said to-day. The newspaper quoted reports that the United States might enter a jet air-liner yet to be developed, and a Boeing strato-cruiser. ' . It said the United States might put a jet aircraft in the speed division of the race, and added that fast American jet fighters might have the edge over other aircraft in that section.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19500412.2.58
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 151, 12 April 1950, Page 5
Word Count
95AIR RACE TO N.Z. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 151, 12 April 1950, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in