CIVIL AVIATION.
GETTING OVER ITS TEETHING TROUBLES. SIR ERIC GEDDES' STATEMENT. :Elcc. Tel. Copyright.—UnibvJ Press AssiL (Renter's Telegram.) (Received Dee. .'id, '■'■ p in,) LONDON, Dec. 29. "Civil aviation has got over its teething troubles in a manner conferring great hope for the future," said Sir Erie Goddes ,\\ the meeting of the Imperial Airways. lie traced the steady growth of the mail and goods services, in addition to llie passengers who are steadily acquiring the halm ol travelling by air. Sir l.ric Geddes [minted out Unit I hough the eon 'fin hitherto eoncenl rated in Ihirope, most of the principal towns were now regularly linked up, and they wore looking to go farther afield :n the near future. The first aeroplane would lewe Cairo for India not Inter than flip beginning ol* l!>:.'7, and Ihereatter progress would be made farther eastward. Based on experience gained in the new desert, route, it' was hoped that fast: connection, mainly by air, between i' isle ami Cairo might lie possible, thus enormously increasing tilt: saving of time between London and Karachi.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16921, 30 December 1925, Page 11
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177CIVIL AVIATION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16921, 30 December 1925, Page 11
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