AVIATION.

Grey River Argus, 3 April 1922, Page 5

AVIATION.

BOOST FOR IMPERIAL SCHEME. LONDON, April 1. Commander Burney, R N.R., A ickers Company, wh ' is largely responsible for the ronosed Imperial airship scheme, states the e'.mpany proposes to brild six new airships at a lower cost Ilian airships were ever built before. 'They will (Obtain a restaniant and sleeping '-air ns, smoking and bath rooms, and will be capable of carrying 1(19 pass-n> ?rs at rates b. low firstclass steamer fares, in addition to 10 tons of mails ami gOj-Jo. Air Ashbolt (promt ter) interviewed, said: ” Though my heme did not succeed, it prevented the destruction of the Government airship six months ago. The position now has wonderfully improved. Money is available for this new project, which I believe Australia will consider favourably.*’ PORTUGUESE TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. (Received April 2, 5.5 p.m.) LISBON, April 1. The Portuguese aviators have covered the first stage of their trans-At-lantic flight. They reached the Canaries (710 miles away) in seven and a-half hours. BRITISH CONTROLLER RESIGNS. LONDON, April 1. Major General Sykes has resigned the Controller-Generalship of the Civil Aviation Department owing to the small scale io which civil aviatioin has been reduced. He intends to enter politics.