LARGE PLANE TESTED.
COMPLETION IN BRITAIN.
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LINE.
Australian and N.Z. Press Association. LONDON,; Feb. 5. The first of four giant Hercules passenger planes for Western Australian Airways, Limited, Perth, was successfully tested at the Stag Lane aerodrome.
EXPERIMENT IN GERMANY.
SUCCESS OF TRIAL FLIGHT
Au3traJiau aild N.Z. Press Association. ■ BERLIN. Feb. Jv I A Junkers: aeroplane with a 600 power Junkers engine, mad a a successful trial, using heavy dil instead of petrol. This is the first time it has beeen used in a plane. . . In the event of further espeumep proving the reliability of .heavy o\ en gines, experts, predict a revo udon construction. of aeropW® De * ro ] consumption is only 1 , ; - fll . While considerably and Is' less liable to take fi. . v
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20174, 7 February 1929, Page 9
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