RIOO IN CANADA
NEW YOEK, 7th August. Sir Dennistonn Burney has refused the offer of an unidentified local millionaire to pay 100,000 dollars for a passage flight in RIOO from Montreal to New York. Sir Dennistoun Burney stated: "It is a shame to throw away money like that," but he was forced to hold to the non-commercial basis agreed upon in England, and would not consider making the flight. He told the bidder that the airship at present was a Government project, and not operating commercially.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 9
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86R100 IN CANADA Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 9
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