BRANCKER’S FLIGHT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 101, 30 March 1925, Page 12

BRANCKER’S FLIGHT.

DOUBLE BRITISH TRIUMPH. LONDON, Marcli IC. Tlio Daily Mail says:—“The successful 17,000-inile flight to Burma, from where Sir William Brancker returned to-day, under Captain Cobhain’s brilliant pilotage, is much more than a great aviation feat. It is a definite, solid assurance of the practicability of a regular airship service, connecting all parts of the Empire, and reaching India in four days, South Africa in six days, and Australia in eight days.

“Captain Cobham has achieved a unique flight, combining faultless handling over record distances with a supremely practical demonstration of the usefjlness of the venture. The de Haviiand machine had done 60>000 miles before this wonderful trip, its Siddeley-Puma engine averaged 100 miles an hour without a breakdown—a double British triumph. The flight co ;t 2s a mile. “Sir William Brancker has accomplished mi urgent national service by surveying long-distance air routes. The Dominions will welcome it as practical proof of the Government’s intention early to inaugurate an Imperial airship service ou sound, practical lines.’’