TRANSTASMAN AIRCRAFT
FIRST OF TYPE NEARLY READY TRIAL FLIGHTS SHORTLY (From Our Own Correspondent) (By Air Mail) LONDON. Aug. 18. •• Cabot,” first of the eight strengthened Empire boats now in construction, will emerge from the Short factory at Rochester shortly. She and her sister craft may be loaded to a gross weight of 53,0001b——12,5001b more than the standard' Empire boat—and may be fuelled in mid-air. They will be employed on transatlantic runs and over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand The “ Cabot ” is listed to make two return flights between England and New York, going by way of Foynes (Eire), Botwood (Newfoundland), and Montreal, before the end of October.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23599, 8 September 1938, Page 11
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111TRANSTASMAN AIRCRAFT Otago Daily Times, Issue 23599, 8 September 1938, Page 11
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