ACROSS THE TASMAN
PROPHECY OF SIR KEITH SMITH. SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FLYING. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, March 6. Sir Keith Smith, the noted aviation authority, in an address, made a prophecy that the operation of a regular trans-Tasman air-mail service would not be practicable until 1937, “If we .think we canstart a service which will be punctual seven days a week,: an organisation similar to the big shipping -services .will be required,” he said. “High-speed.-flying boats capable of 200 miles:an hour with a range of at least 1600 miles will have to be built, and weather data will have to be specially collected over at least two years. “By 1937, however, it should be possible to breakfast at Sydney at 8 o’clock in the morning and dine at Wellington at 6 o’clock in the evening and have a safe and comfortable trip across the Tasman.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1935, Page 7
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