FLIGHT ROUND WORLD.
the British project.
DEPARTURE NEXT TUESDAY,
By Electric Telegraph:—Copyright. Received March 20, 9.5 - a:m. LONDON, March 19. The British round the world flight has been hastened owing to the Americans having started. The men will leave Southampton on March 26 ill ah amphibian machine similar in appearance to Sit' Ross-Smith’s, but of a more modern type, with fittings and spare engines at Tokio and Toronto.— Sydney Sun cable.
SERVICE ACROSS ATLANTIC.
ESTABLISHING FLOATING ISLANDS.
Received March 20, 9.50 a.m. MADRID, March 19
The air service from Toulouse to Cusablanca will shortly be importantly extended to Dakar and later across the Atlantic to Pernambuco,- enabling a flight from London to Buenos Aires. The company is establishing three floating islands in the Atlantic, being immense rafts anchored in mid-ocean and equipped with aerodromes and hotels. —A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 970, 20 March 1924, Page 5
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