OVERHAULING SEAPLANES.
TESTS IN FLOATING DOCKS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 9. A test was made at, Southampton yesterday by Imperial Airways of the value for commercial purposes of Royal Air Force seaplane docks. A Calcutta Empire flying boat docked and certain routine overhaul work was carried out. The seaplane dock lent for the purpose Is normally with the fleet at Portland. The speed with which aircraft, can be docked and the time required for normal maintenance operations as compared with that needed in a shore base were considered. Further tests will be made, to determine whether there would be any financial advantage in using a /butting dock in preference to a shore base on the F.n gland-India- Australia route, which will be operated by flying boatts.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 October 1928, Page 5
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