IMPERIAL AIR LINERS.
il TO CARRY 150 PASSENGERS. ■ .V— ■: [A CQMDR. BURNEY'S : PROJECT. ■' A--'lud N.Z".; J -~" LONDON; July 22. "Th« airships i contemplated under Commander IC. D. Burnev's Empire service 'scheme to be employed in services to India and' Australia,' will be huge machines. of a new pattern. They , be capable of carrying 150 people besides the crew. 'at an average speed of 80 miles ,an hour,, and! will be able • to make a con- ; ' tinuous flight of more than five days. The first of these giant airships should be built ' within eight months. ' ; - The first stage of the service will be to India, bringing it within 68 hours of Lon- ' don, and shortening the : delivery' of Australian mails by 10 days. Egypt will, be ' reached i in, 31 hours. • . -The machines will- have a- capacity of £,000.000 • cubic ! feet : :. with a . length of L - 760 ft." •• • Single berth. sleeping cabins; for all passengers" will be provided. Each ; will, have a separate entrance from the keel gangway. The saloon ' will accommodate 60. and the dicing room half the complement.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 7
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