AVIATION
TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICE. AMERICAN COMPANY’S PLANS. Paris, March 23. The airman, Rene Fonck, has returned from America. He says that a forty million dollar company has been formed to organize a trans-Atlantic air service. There will be a series of floating islands every 325 miles in the Atlantic. One will be completed short!}' and will be moored two hundred miles from New York.—A. and N.Z. HUSTLING AMERICAN TOURISTS. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, March 24. “Innocents Abroad” will be brought up-to-date when a cargo of American tourists fly round Europe in a fleet of thirty aeroplanes. They will land from a steamer at Bremen and fly to sixteen cities covering 2800 miles in three weeks, then hustle home.—A. and N.Z. VICTORIAN AERIAL DERBY. WON BY DE HAVILAND. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, March 25. The Victoria Aerial Derby was won by Major de Haviland with Captain Matthews second and L. Farmer third. Hinkler participated, out did not finish.—A. and N.Z.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19280326.2.39
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 20446, 26 March 1928, Page 7
Word Count
158AVIATION Southland Times, Issue 20446, 26 March 1928, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in