SPEED IN THE AIR
REMARKABLE MACHINES 200 MILES AN HOUR PROPHECY LONDON, May S A British version of the American Douglas air liner, -which has a speed of 220 miles an hour, may be produced in England as the result, of Herr Fokker, the Dutch aircraft designer, acquiring the European rights. Herr Fokker yesterday criticised Imperial Airways, Limited, for achieving comfort and roominess at the expense of speed. He said he considered almost all the equipment of the European services is ready for the scrap heap. The introduction of the DouglasLockheed machine would greatly stimulate speed, which must in the near future reach 200 miles an hour. Herr Fokker said lie believed, that as the Australian service developed it would ultimately require aeroplanes carrying 50 passengers, but machines larger than that would not bo economical.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21806, 22 May 1934, Page 9
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135SPEED IN THE AIR New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21806, 22 May 1934, Page 9
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