Future of Trans-Tasman Air Service
FOUR-HOUR CROSSING FORECAST Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Mar. 6. Views regarding the probable devel« opment of Tasman flying were expressed by Captain J. W. Burgees, chief pilot of Tasman Empire Airways, who is going to a position in Baltimore, United States, lie declared in an interview that the Tasman service will offer largely a choice between flying boats and stratoliners, with pressuresealed cabins, flying at 20,000 to 25,000 feet. The present Tasman travelling time of eight to nine hours would be reduced to four. Captain Burgess added that stratoliners had been used overseas for eome years. He mentioned also the possibility of pushing up flying boats into the sub-stratosphere, and thought bigger flying boats would be made. Regarding "silent development” in aviation during the war, Captain Burgess said people were more likely to be surprised at the speed of planes after the war than anything else. Tea and Sugar An advertisement regarding March and April rations for the above appears in this issue.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 56, 8 March 1943, Page 4
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