TRAVELLING BY AIR.
FAST AND FREQUENT SERVICE. 12 HOURS ACROSS ATIiANTIC. BERLIN-, March 11. Professor Suring, head, of the Potsdam Meteorological Institute, states that German aviators will soon be able to cross the Atlantic in 12 hours. They will do this, he says, by using the storm-free regions in the upper air known as "stratosphere" at an altitude of seven miles. Owing to the low density of the air at that altitude it will be possible for aeroplanes with powerful engines to fly at an average speed of 280 miles an hour. The pilot and passengers will have to be housed in a special pneumatic box constantly supplied with oxygen.—(A. and N.Z.) A RECORD FLIGHT. FROM LONDON TO PARIS. LONDON, March 11. A record flight from London to Paris was accomplished in an hour and 29 minutes by a passenger aeroplane. The latter carried eleven persons, together with luggage and mails. The average speed attained was 156 .miles an hour.— (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 60, 12 March 1926, Page 7
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