GIANT AIR LINER
NEW BRITISH CRAFT .MAIDEN LONDON PLIGHT ROOM FOR 40 PASSENGERS (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 1 p.m. RUGBY, Oct. 11. The first of the new giant Ensign airliners built for Imperial Airways by the Armstrong W'hitworth Company to-day made a maiden flight over London at a height of 12,500 ft". Passengers commented on the com* fort and silence of the accommodation, which will be adequate for 40 persons by day and will provide sleeping berths for 20 by night. The new liner will shortly go into service on the Empire routes and will be followed by 13 more, representing a total capital outlay of £750,000.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19758, 12 October 1938, Page 6
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107GIANT AIR LINER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19758, 12 October 1938, Page 6
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