MAIDEN FLIGHT
GIANT AIRLINER
TO SERVE ON EMPIRE ROUTES
liihtlsh Official Wireless. | (Received October 12, 11 a.m.)
RUGBY, October 11,
The first of the new giant Ensign airliners built for Imperial Airways by Armstrong Whitworth made its maiden flight over London at a height of 12,500 feet. The passengers commented on its comfort and silence and also on the accommodation, which will be adequate for 40 persons by day and will provide sleeping berths for 20 by night.
The new liner will shortly go into service on the Empire routes, and will be followed by 13 more, representing a total capital outlay of £750,000.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1938, Page 9
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104MAIDEN FLIGHT Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1938, Page 9
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