AIR TRAVEL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIV, Issue XLIV, 8 May 1924, Page 5

AIR TRAVEL.

ALL RED 'PLANES,

LONDON TO AUSTRALIA,

BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT LONDON,'May 7.

The Daily Chronicle siaites *hat, following upon the settlement -oi the airmen's strike, a new company 18 organising extensions of airlines which, link l>y link, wiil result in All Rsed mail 'planes, goods 'planes and serial wagonlits, travelling regularly between Lon-don-and Australia. Giant 'planes are "being ibuilt of metal throughout, with all itihe latest ■weight-«aving devices. Meanwhile an -expert survey of the airway Ih> Sydney Is being made, composed of eleven stations, viz., Malta, "Cairo, Bagdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, North Borneo, New Guinea, Port l>arwin and Sydney.

It is estimated .the express service of 13,000 miles will occupy I3l£ hours. The plans include re-fueling in midair by means of winged tankers, rising from the stations.