AIRCRAFT OF FUTURE
TO AUSTRALIA IN A DAY
SIR ALLIOTT ROE'S DREAM
United IJress Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, 22nd May. "I am certain that- within tho lifetime of our youngsters w.e will have an aeroplane that will fly to Australia in 24. hours, "said the pioneer aircraft designer, Sir Alliott Boe, commenting on reports of a. machine being built in America to cross tlio Atlantic in sevon hours. Tlie Junkers Company, he said, is working on a machine to fljf at 700 miles an hour. He continued: "Plying at enormous speeds, miles abovo tlie narth, is not a mere dream, since it involves only technical improvement's and development of special enginesl to operate at high altitudes. "Britain should be well ahead in this direction. Our Schneider Cup and other activities are all advancing to the time when this high-altitude, highspeed flying will be achieved."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 13
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AIRCRAFT OF FUTURE
Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 13
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