NEW AIR LINER.
Fastest Large Passenger 'Plane
Being Built. LATEST BRITISH MACHINE. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. Armstrong Whitworths are building Britain's fastest large . passenger aeroplane. ' As the result of the successful Australian survey flight to Australia by the Imperial Airways 'plane Astraea, the new machine will be an improved version of the Atlanta type, which carries 20 passengers and a full load of freight and mail. The maximum speed exceeds 160 miles an hour with a load of 23,0001b.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 194, 18 August 1933, Page 7
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81NEW AIR LINER. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 194, 18 August 1933, Page 7
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