NEW BRITISH AIRLINER
“The Piess” Special Service WELLINGTON, August 9. One of Britain's post-war passenger aircraft, the Handley Page Marathon, will visit New Zealand in a month or two. It will be demonstrated to the New Zealand National Airways Corporation as a suitable aircraft for internal air routes.
A four-engined machine, the Marathon is one of the first airliners of its class to comply with the safetv standards fixed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. These standards do not come into force until 1952 The Marathon seats from 14 to 22 passengers, according to the routes to be flown Its range is ample to fly from Britain to New Zealand The 1946 prototype was test flown in July
It is expected that the machine will leave England after the Society of British Aircraft Constructors’ display to be held at Farnborough from Se- - tember 6 to September 9.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25878, 10 August 1949, Page 6
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