IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
FLEET OF POWERFUL LINERS. ELEVEN NEW FLYING BOATS. • (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) - (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)’ . , RUGBY, October 1. A fleet of the largest and most powei--TnnrfrTi. lmers in the world, totalling 00.000 horse-power, will be possessed by Britain when Imperial Airways obtains delivery shortly Q f U great, new RollsRoyce flying boats,; which are intended for use ,on the air lines to India and Atrica. Eight of these machines, each developing 2000 horse-power, are being built by the Handley-Page Company, while the other machines are huge fourengined flying boats capable of transheavy loads at high speeds. When all the new craft are in service Imperial Airways will have more than 30 giant passenger aeroplanes and air boats in regular .operation on the air routes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21147, 3 October 1930, Page 9
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