FAST MAIL PLANE
Air Ministry’s Experiment (Rec. October 26, 5.5 p.m.) Official Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 25. The construction of a fast mailcarrying aeroplane ordered as an experiment by the Air- Ministry from Messrs. Bolton and Paul, Ltd., is nearing completion. The machine will have a top speed of 195 miles an hour, and a cruising speed of 172 miles an hour, with a range of 1000 miles. The machine is a biplane with two Bristol Pegasus engines, and will carry 10001 b. weight of mails. It will have apparatus enabling mails to be dropped and picked up in flight.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 28, 27 October 1932, Page 9
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99FAST MAIL PLANE Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 28, 27 October 1932, Page 9
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