EMPIRE AIR ROUTES.
BASES IN BRITISH LANDS.
LARGE CRAFT BEING BUILT. ■ • LONDON,• Jan. 23. Flying boats, now being built, are expected to be able to fly 2000 sea miles, carrying a- full load - and : reserve fuel. They should easily be able to fly from England to Malta, the nearest point on the air route to India and - Australia, stated Air Vice-Marshal -T. C.-R. Higgins, addressing the United Service Institution.
Group-Captain C. L. Courtney said -it was essential to organise a network of "air routes to all parts of the Empire passing over British territory. The Air Ministry would not be ■ satisfied until •an airman, could reach any part of the Empire without landing on foreign territory..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20472, 25 January 1930, Page 11
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