Major Wilfred R. Snow, of the Royal Air Force, who arrived "in Sydney a t°, u ' days ago, said to an interviewer: So far as commercial flying is concerned, the technical problems have all been solved. "We have made more progress in four years of war than we might made in a century of peace. Machines, in reasonably good weather conditions, can make flights of 500 miles comfortably. It is therefore, 1 think, simply a question of £ s. d. —will it pay.' 1 think aeroplanes will first be used regularly as mail carriers, but they must soon become very numerous. When I was first in England everyone stared at an aeroplane—watched it out of sight. Now they are as common as motor-cars. The organisation of the British aeroplane building business has been wonderful, and the end of the war should make thousands of machines available with aviators and mechanics.'-
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16402, 23 December 1918, Page 9
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