TASMAN AIR SERVICE
KINGSFORD SMITH'S VIEW
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SYDNEY, February 7.
•. Tributes were paid . Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, who was the guest of honour at a Millions Club luncheon today, that he was a ."national hero and the greatest living aviator in the world." '
Sir Charles, in the course of his response, said that Australia should no longer be satisfied with machines that tootled along at 100 miles an hour. "I want to see machines here doing 200 miles an hour," he said. "Australia, with its vast distances and ideal weather, is most suitable' for high speed; long-distance air lines." ;
He added that the London-to Melbourne trip should be covered in 51 to 6 days, and/those in control of the Empire air mail should aim at that objective with machines specially built for the service. '
Furthermore, an air link between Australia and New Zealand had become a necessity. He was assured 'that the Dominion Government was ready to spend a considerable sum in installing modern directional : radio guides. - .
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1935, Page 3
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169TASMAN AIR SERVICE Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1935, Page 3
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