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SIX NEW 'PLANES.

FOR CO,OK STRAIT SERVICE.

TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER?

Flight-Lieutenant G. D. Bolt returned by the Remuera this morning from England, where he spent four months. While in England he bought three De Havilland 'planes for Cook Strait Airways and three for Union Airways. ITe hopes that the servico across Cook Strait will begin in December. The 'planes are scheduled to be delivered early in that month, and all that remains to be done is the erection of hangars. Flight-Lieutenant Bolt considers that the trend of aeroplanes designed in England is to depart from the old wire and j strut style and to approach more closely to the clean-cut lines of the American product. "In England the aeroplane trade is booming," he said, "and the internal air services are working at full pressure. 'Planes leave all the main centres for London at least three or four times a day." When he left England advance bookings on Jersey Airways totalled over 3000. People in England were intensely air-minded, so much so, indeed, that at the private clubs it was often extremely difficult to make appointments _ for tuition. The ownership of private 'planes in England had increased enormously, and at the big aerodromes throughout the country private 'planes were arriving and leaving almost every quarter of an hour. The Continental services had been very highly developed, and 'planes left Croydon for Paris every hour throughout the day. English airways were now concentrating on higher speeds for commercial services, and shortly before FlightLieutenant Bolt left Home a number of 10-seater 'planes capable of 200 miles an hour had been brought into use. Speaking generally, Flight-Lieutenant Bolt said that the weather in Englaud was admirable both for flying and for flying instruction, and whereas in Nevv Zealand it was the custom to ring up the aerodrome to ascertain the state of the weather in the upper strata of the atmosphere, it was rarely necessary to I do this in England.

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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 230, 28 September 1935, Page 11

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SIX NEW 'PLANES. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 230, 28 September 1935, Page 11

SIX NEW 'PLANES. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 230, 28 September 1935, Page 11