AVIATION.
ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.. PROGRAMME BY VICKERS. 8Y CABLE—PRBBB ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received July 29. 12.45 p.m. VANCOUVER, July 28. Sir Keith Smith says that England to Australia by airship in ten, days is a commercial possibility within two years. The great airships now being built by Vickers for this service will use crude oil instead of petrol, avoiding danger from fire., one of the greatest hazards with the former type of airships. Vickers’ airships will have a capacity for one hundred passengers and baggage. The ships already built will he used for experimental flights, and meanwhile Vickers are constructing two air vessels to inaugurate the ac-tuai service.—Sydney Sun Cable. PROGRESS BY ZANNIE. Received July 29, 1.25 p.m. ' ROME, July 28. Zannie has arrived here. —Sydney Sun Cable. FAMILY WIPED OUT. OVER-SANG UTNE TNVRNTOR. Received July;29, 1.10 p.m. WASHINGTON, July 28. Osman Belcher was so pleased with the new aeroplane lie invented at Los Angelos that he loaded his wife, son and mechanic aboard for a trial flight. A crowd of several thousand people cheered them as they ascended, but after ten minutes a wing collapsed and the quartette were instantly killed.. This is the first instance of an entire family being wiped out by au aeroplane accident.—Svdnev Sun Cables.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 July 1924, Page 9
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