FLIGHTS TO AMERICA.
Experimental Trips by New British 'Planes. NEW FLYING BOATS. British Official Wireless. (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, March 17. Experimental flights to Canada and the United States this year will probably be made by a high speed Albatross land 'plane now under construction at Hatfield, as well as by one or more of the new 25-ton flying boats being built at Rochester, and by the Mercury, the upper unit of the Short and Mayo Composite Aircraft. The Empire flying boats, Caledonia and Cambria, which are now being fitted with mail and passenger-carrying equipment for established services to Africa, India and the Far East, will cross the Atlantic this summer. The new flying boats are similar in construction to the Caledonia and Cambria, but are capable of carrying a load more than oOOOlbs heavier. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 65, 18 March 1938, Page 7
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