First British Flying Boat Mail
EN ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, Jau. 16. Imperial Airways’ Centaurus carrying the first passengers and mail ever transported by flying boat directly from Britain on an Empire air route departed from Southampton on the first stage to Alexandria and arrived at Marseilles. She carrios a ton of mail and eight passengers, including Lady Somers who is joining her husband in Australia.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 14, 18 January 1937, Page 7
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75First British Flying Boat Mail Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 14, 18 January 1937, Page 7
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