HELICOPTER TAXI SERVlCE.— British European Airways have ordered three American helicopters to be used experimentally as air taxis to convey air-liner passengers between Central London and the main London airports. As things are at present much of the time gained by air travel from London to the Continent is lost through the tedious car journey by road to the airports. What now takes three-quarters of an hour will, it is believed, be cut down to a few minutes.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 February 1947, Page 5
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78HELICOPTER TAXI SERVlCE.—British European Airways have ordered three American helicopters to be used experimentally as air taxis to convey air-liner passengers between Central London and the main London airports. As things are at present much of the time gained by air travel from London to the Continent is lost through the tedious car journey by road to the airports. What now takes three-quarters of an hour will, it is believed, be cut down to a few minutes. Greymouth Evening Star, 10 February 1947, Page 5
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