TASMAN AIR SERVICE

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26854, 6 October 1952, Page 6

TASMAN AIR SERVICE

REPLACEMENTS FOR FLYING-BOATS MR G. N. ROBERTS REPORTS ON INQUIRIES (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, October 5 to^nn^ tol Brwwue, ? Britain likely to be feVftUS’t XaBfeKiW.T had ju»t returned to eh?ef Cfi engtoee? la (Mr o*%. BoW left nlw /Suand with him, but Mr Bolt would remain in Britain for apother three week^' to carry out further msome time before the Britannia is proved for commercial use, but it and the Comet, which is already being used commercially, are IoS. | anv immediate decision made on the type of plane to be bought by the opmpany, but it will definitely be a land aircraft because there is no flying-boat suitable.” American plqnes which would be considered were the DC6B and the Lockheed Constellation, said Mr Roberts. However, if it was econonucaljy possible, the company would wish to change to a turbine-powered aircraft. Mr Roberts said Whenuapai airport could accommodate the Britannia airliner. Other new features ip the large aircraft class at the Farnborough air §how had been the Saunders-Roe Princess flying-boat and the delta-wing Avro bomber, which was powered by four turbo-jet engines. was far too large for Tasman Airways’ P ]§anufaeturers in both Britain and th© United States, said Mr Roborts, aP’ peared to be concentrating OP the Production of large aircraft which would fully utilise the power available ip fee turbine engine now being developed.