NEW AIR AGE.
PROPOSED TRANSFORMATION OF BRITAIN. SCHEME TO FLOAT HUGE COMPANY. WILL UNDERTAKE TAXI WORK SUGGESTED CHAIN OF 150 1) HUMES. Oulted Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyrisrlr. (Australian Press Association.' (Received Oct. 28, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 27. The Daily Express reveals that an attempt to make the air age a reality is behind a far-reaching scheme of rapid development of civil aviation in Britain. A company on a large scale will presently be' floatwi, headed by Captain F. E. Guest, former Air Minister, and containing prominent figures in aviation, with the Air .Ministry taking a live interest in its aims, to embrace every conceivable branch, of aviation. The company will undertake air taxi work, and a widespread scale of joy riding ami trips to holiday resorts and it mav also take over eighteen existing private aeroplane clubs, establish upwards _of fifty new instructional clubs in the cities and towns, and upwards.. of ;1,50 fully equipped. aerodromes in systematic chains covering all flying routes in the United Kingdom. The machines will bo largely standardised, thereby reducing the cost. Briefly, the plans visualise Britain of the immediate future whose citizens will take the air as they now take the roads.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10729, 29 October 1928, Page 5
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201NEW AIR AGE. Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10729, 29 October 1928, Page 5
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