WORLD FLIGHT.
AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT. 100-PASSENCER ’PLANE. PROPOSAL IN AMERICA'. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 3, 7.5 p.m. New York, July 2. A group of American engineers and aeronautical experts, headed by Rear-Admiral Fiske, announce that they will attempt to circumnavigate the world in a super hydroaeroplane of a hundred passenger capacity, in the interests of commercial aeronautics and the development of flying in the United States. Rear-Admiral Fiske has cabled to the Air Ministers of Britain, France, Italy, Spain and other countries in Europe,* South America and Asia, inviting, their nationals to build ’planes to compete in the flight, which will not be a speed competition, but one based on efficiency and safety. The group’s ship will be a double-decker, with a monoplane front and a monoplane rear. The horse-power and speed have Rot yet been decided. The United States Government is not officially connected with the flight.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MAJOR BLAKE AT CORFU. Athens, July 2. Major Blake has landed in Corfu. 9
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1922, Page 5
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