ATLANTIC AIR MAIL
THE BRITISH SERVICE COMMENCEMENT IN JULY (Received May 25. 7.5 p.m.) British Wireless LONDON. May 24 The departure of the Yankee Clipper from Southampton on the return journey after the inauguration of Pan American Airways North Atlantic air mail Bervico lent special interest to a statement in the Houso of Commons by tho Under-Secretary for Air, Captain H. H. Balfour, on plans for the commencement of tho North Atlantio servico by a British operating company. Captain Balfour explained that its postponement had been necessitated by a desire in tho interests of operational safety and efficiency to give a 400 hours' flight test to the engines and to carry through certain alterations to tho fuelling system that had been found desirable as tho result of practical tests. It was hoped the service would commence in July t
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23356, 26 May 1939, Page 13
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139ATLANTIC AIR MAIL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23356, 26 May 1939, Page 13
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