FLIGHT TO INDIA
REFUELLING IN THE AIR SIR A. COBHAM'S VENTURE (Received September 21. 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY. Sept. 20 Sir Alan Cobham and SquadronLeader William Helniore will leave Portsmouth at dawn to-morrow on their attempted 5200 miles non-stop flight to India in an ordinary commercial aeroplane of the Courier type, which will be refuelled in the air at four points en route.
The flight is intended as a demonstration of the advantages of the air refuelling system. The machine will be refuelled from tanker aeroplanes above Portsmouth, Malta, Alexandria and Basra. The process will take only a minute or so and by the time thus saved it is hoped to reach Karachi in 48 hours.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21912, 22 September 1934, Page 11
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117FLIGHT TO INDIA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21912, 22 September 1934, Page 11
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