THE FLYING BOAT
RELIABILITY PROVED BY 25,000-MILE FLIGHT (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, September 19. Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for Air, has sent the following telegram to Group Commander Cave-Brown-Cave, commanding officer of the Royal Air Force Far East flight: “Warm congratulations to you anil those under your command on your return to Singapore and the success of the achievement with four machines over a flight of 25,000 miles, which affords convincing proof of the reliability and mobility of the flying boat.” EXPERIMENTAL MAIL SERVICE (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, September 19. The Postmaster-General announces that an experimental air service, operated by a Calcutta flying boat, will be carried out between Liverpool and Belfast between September 24 and 29. The mails will be dispatched daily from Liverpool to Belfast and vice versa by this service.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 302, 21 September 1928, Page 11
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133THE FLYING BOAT Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 302, 21 September 1928, Page 11
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