Cabot For Tasman
t The Cabot, first flying-boat for $ | the Tasman service, will leave the f f Short factory in a few days for | I its trial. It will be followed by a i I fleet of seven. t f The Cabot machines can be | ? loaded to a gross weight of f i 53,000 lbs., which is 12,500 greater | ? than their predecessor’s standard, i I They can be refuelled in midair, f i affording a greater payload with- | t out loss of range. f | Test flights will be made over | i the Atlantic in October. |
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Northern Advocate, 30 August 1938, Page 7
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