IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
THE NEW FLYING BOATS STRUCTURE TO BE STRENGTHENED. (British Official Wireless.) Pros! Association—Bv Telegraph—Copyrigß RUGBY, February 8. (Received February 9, at noon.) It is announced that the eight additional flying boats ordered by Imperial Airways at the end of last year for the transatlantic and Empire services will be strengthened so that the loaded weight will be B,ooolb higher than that of the two boats which made last year’s flights across the Atlantic. Part of the extra weight will be due to the heavier structure, hut there will still he a margin of some 5,0001 b for a payload.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19380209.2.76
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 22878, 9 February 1938, Page 11
Word Count
101IMPERIAL AIRWAYS Evening Star, Issue 22878, 9 February 1938, Page 11
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in