LONDON TO AUSTRALIA
ALL-RED AIR SERVICE, SCHEME UNDER WAY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 7. The ‘ Daily Chronicle ' stales that, following upon the settlement of the airmen’s strike, a now company is organising extensions of the air lines, which will result in “All Red” mail aeroplanes, goods aeroplanes, and aerial wa.ggonlits (ravelling regularly between London and Australia. Giant aeroplanes are being built of metal throughout with all the latest weight-saving devices. In the meanwhile an expert survey of the airway to Sydney is being made, consisting of eleven stations —namely, Malta, Cairo, Bagdad, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, North Borneo, New Guinea, Port Darwin, and Sydney. The estimated express service of 13,000 miles will occupy 131 A hours. The plans include re-fuclling in mid-air by means of winged tankers rising from stations. —A. and N.Z. Cable,
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Evening Star, Issue 18628, 8 May 1924, Page 6
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134LONDON TO AUSTRALIA Evening Star, Issue 18628, 8 May 1924, Page 6
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