TO LONDON IN 44 HOURS

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 47, 19 November 1941, Page 10

TO LONDON IN 44 HOURS

Post-War Flying Prospect

The prediction that after tlie war the actual flying time for commercial air services from Wellington to London would be less than 48 hours was made by the Secretary to the Air Board. Mr. T. A. Barrow, when addressing members of the Wellington Travel Club, yesterday afternoon. He recently returned from a visit to Canada, where he saw the largjes' aircraft ever built —-a plane of 82 tons, capable of flying from Los Angeles to Berlin and back with a full load of bombs.

Tlie actual .flying time from NewZealand to London nt present, said Mr. Barrow. was about 72 hours. Land planes carrying 30 passengers and flying at 300 miles an hour would be used on the Honolulu-Los Angeles hop of the Pacific route, covering the dis tnnee in eight hours. On that basis it would take seven hours from Wellington to Samoa, the same time from Samoa to Honolulu, eight hours from Honolulu to Los Angeles, 10 hours across the American continent, six hours up to St. John, and eight hours across the Atlantic to England. “This makes a total of 44 hours.” said Mr. Barrow. “Aircraft capable of doing this are in existence and are flying now.”