AIR TRAVEL
NEW TYPE OF CABIN ’PLANE. British Official Wireless (Received December 22, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, December 21. The first of a fleet of the “Dragon” cabin aeroplanes with which an Essex firm of motor coach proprietors proposes to organise inland air routes and so popularise air touring in Britain, was delivered yesterday and th2 naming ceremony was performed by Mrs Mollison. The machine is equipped with two Gipsy Major engines of the type used by Mrs Mollison on her record flights to the Cape and back. The “Dragon's” maximum speed is 128 miles per hour and the disposable load is 18501 b.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19373, 23 December 1932, Page 9
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103AIR TRAVEL Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19373, 23 December 1932, Page 9
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