TASMAN AIRWAYS
NOT FOR TWO YEARS. SIR KEITH SMITH’S PROPHECY. SPECIAL CRAFT ESSENTIAL. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received March 6, 10.10 a.m. SYDNEY, March 6. Sir Keith Smith, the well-known air pioneer, in an address, made a prophecy that the operation of a regular transtasman air mail would not be practicable until 1927. He said: “Do not think we can start a service to-day or to-morrow which will be punctual on seven days a week; an organisation similar to the big shipping services will be required. High-speed flying-boats, capable of 200 miles an hour, with a range of at least 1600 miles, will have to be built. Weather data would have to be specially collected over at least two years. “By 1937, however, it should be possible to breakfast in Sydney at 8 o’clock in the morning, dine in Wellington at six in the evening, and have a safe and comfortable trip across the Tasman in between.” ENGLISH AIR MAIL, t DELAYED BY WEATHER. Received March. 6. 10.10 a.m. SYDNEY, March 6. The postal authorities have advised that the incoming English air mail was 48 hours behind schedule time on leaving Batavia. The delay was due to storms over India. Bad weather also prevails over the Timor Sea.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 83, 6 March 1935, Page 7
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209TASMAN AIRWAYS Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 83, 6 March 1935, Page 7
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