END OF LAST FLYING-BOAT TRIP IN AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND SERVICE.—The Hythe flying-boat Honduras passing the liner burling Castle at Southampton on February 16 at the end of its last flight from Sydney.. The flying-boat service between England and Australia has been stopped because the companies are now operating Constellation airliners, which cover the route in 50 hours’ actual flying time compared with 80 hours taken by the Hythes.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25739, 26 February 1949, Page 7
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68END OF LAST FLYING-BOAT TRIP IN AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND SERVICE.—The Hythe flying-boat Honduras passing the liner burling Castle at Southampton on February 16 at the end of its last flight from Sydney.. The flying-boat service between England and Australia has been stopped because the companies are now operating Constellation airliners, which cover the route in 50 hours’ actual flying time compared with 80 hours taken by the Hythes. Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25739, 26 February 1949, Page 7
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