NEW FLYING-BOATS.
DESIGNS FOR AIR MINISTRY.
INDIA-AUSTRALIA SERVICE.
Australian and N.Z. Prcsa Association. (Received September 20, 11.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 20. Fifty designs have been submitted to the Air Ministry for passenger-carrying metal flying-boats of the same pattern as those which circumnavigated Australia. Each flying-boat is to have six engines and a non-stop rango of 1000 miles, and is to bo able to fly with two enginos out of action. '
The total weight of each machine is to be from 30 to 49 tons. There aro to bo on each a kitchen, a dining-room, and sleeping accommodation for every passenger. Somo of tho flying-boats are intended for a service between India and Australia.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20366, 21 September 1929, Page 11
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