Repairing Southern Star
MAY BE READY END OF WEEK United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Friday, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 1. Twelve mechanics are working on the Southern Stars engines. The fuselage, which was taken to Manchester by road, should be returned to Humble by the week-end, and it is hoped the plane will be ready early next week. AIR TRAFFIC GROWS British Official Wireless. Received Friday, 7.30 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. 31. The continued increase of air traffic over British lines is shown by the receipts, which from April 1 to the end of November were £517,000, as compared with £445.000 in the corresponding period of 1930. Air traffic with India, in particular, is steadily growing. LONG NON-STOP FOR PUSS MOTH British Official Wireless. Received Friday, 7.30 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. 31. An English airman named Ficlden on Tuesday flew non-stop from Croydon to Algiers in an ordinary touring Puss Moth machine with a Gipsy Mark 111 engine. Ho loft yesterday for Egypt.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6746, 2 January 1932, Page 6
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