CENTRAL AFRICA TO BRITAIN.
FIRST AIR MAIL LINER. United Press Association—By Electric T el egraph—Copyright LONDON, March 19. The first air mail liner from Central Africa to Great Britain arrived at Croydon this afternoon, at scheduled time. It covered 5,004 miles in nine days, saving 23 days as compared with surface transport. The first stage of the flight, Mwanza (Tanganyika) to Khartoum, was covered by the Imperial Airways flying boat, City of Khartoum. At Khartoum the mail was transferred to a land ’plane, and flown to Cairo, where it was joined by the Lon-don-bound Indian air mail. A second flying boat was used on the stage from Cairo to Athens, across the Mediterranean, and the journey Home was completed by an ordinary air liner. About 54,000 letters were delivered from the liner.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18832, 21 March 1931, Page 17 (Supplement)
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132CENTRAL AFRICA TO BRITAIN. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18832, 21 March 1931, Page 17 (Supplement)
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