ARCTIC AIR ROUTES
Engineer’s Prediction (Received April 7, S p.m.) NEW YORK, April 6. . Addressing a meeting of the National Aeronautics Association, Mr. George Bleyle, chief engineer of the Wright Corporation, predicted new routes across the Arctic linking many of the large cities of the earth after the war. As a result of wartime technical advances, Arctic routes could be flown safely with devices tested to operate at 20 degrees below zero, and ultimately it would be possible to fly safely al temperatures 60 degrees below zero. Illustrating the vast saving of time, .Mr. Bleyle pointed out that the distance from New York to Chungking was <7OO miles via the Arctic, compared with 11,700 via San Francisco.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 164, 8 April 1944, Page 5
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