TASMAN AIR SERVICE
Probable Developments (P.A.) AUCKLAND, March 6. Views on the probable development of Tasman flying were expressed by Captain J. W. Burgess, chief pilot of Tasman' Empire Airways, who is going to a position in Baltimore, United States. He declared in an interview that the Tasman service would offer largely a choice between flying-boats and strato-liners with pressure-sealed cabins flying at 20,000 to 25,000 feet. Flying-boats would probably develop into freighters. The present Tasman ti-avelling time of eight to nine hours would be reduced to four. Captain Burgess added that stratoliners had been used overseas for some years. He mentioned also the possibility of pushing up flying-boats into the sub-stratosphere. Referring to “silent developments” in aviation during the war, he said people were more likely to be surprised at the speed of planes after the war than with anything else.
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Southland Times, Issue 24996, 8 March 1943, Page 4
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142TASMAN AIR SERVICE Southland Times, Issue 24996, 8 March 1943, Page 4
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