FUEL ECONOMY ON AIR ROUTES
MINISTRY. TO TEST NEW TYPE OF ENGINE (Received June 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 22. In the House of Commons Mr H. H. Balfour said that while there was at present no machine on an Empire air route of sufficient range to show economy of fuel when fitted with a heavy oil compression ignition engine, the Air Ministry, in conjunction with Imperial Airways, was exploring the possibility of fitting engines of this type to one of its aircraft as an experiment.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22436, 24 June 1938, Page 11
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