BIG FLYING PROJECT.
LONDON TO SINGAPORE
MACHINES TO CIRCLE INDIA AND AUSTRALIA.
BY CABLE -PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT
LONDON, May 28. A great Empire flight, the biggest undertaken by the air service in- any country, begins in October, when six super-marine “Southampton” flying boats will set out frdm England for Singapore under the command of Wing-Commander T. Y. Cave-Brown-Cave.
The “Southampton®” have metal hulls, and are fitted with two Napier engines. They have a crew of five or six each.
In regard to the proposed Empire flight, the “Southamptons” will 1 circuit India and Australia, and will he finally stationed at Singapore permanently.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 May 1927, Page 5
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101BIG FLYING PROJECT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 May 1927, Page 5
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