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A BRITISH ACHIEVEMENT. HUGE PASSENGER LINER. [British Official Wireless.! (Received 12 12.30 p.m.) Rugby, June 11. A British passenger aeroplane Weighing, when fully loaded, approximately 13 tons, and able to carry 43 people at a speed of 100 miles an hour, is soon to undergo her first flying trials. This giant machine is the first of a super fleet to be employed by the Imperial Airways Ltd. on the main air lines. It will be driven by four engines, developing a total of 2240 h.p. and has been designed and constructed by the Handley Page Company.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 148, 12 June 1930, Page 5
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97AVIATION Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 148, 12 June 1930, Page 5
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