BID FOR AERIAL SUPREMACY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 17

BID FOR AERIAL SUPREMACY

GERMAN CHALLENGE TO WORLD

PROGRESS OF NATIONS IN AVAITION United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 8. The “Daily Mail” says: “Germany is unmistakably challenging the world for air supremacy. It is estimated that her annual productive capacity is 50,000 aeroplanes, the United States 3000, France and Italy 2000 each, Britain 1000, Czecho-Slovakia, Holland, Poland and Sweden, combined, 1500. Thus Germany is manufacturing fivefold the remainder of the world’s output. It is estimated that 150,000 are employed in aircraft manufacture, apart from tens of thousands building aerodromes, underground hangurs and petrol reservoirs. By early Summer, Germany will have at least 25,000 ’planes, for which it is estimated she has 60,000 qualified pilots. Germany is preparing tu challenge Europe in aerial warfare. She is confident that she would be joined by several of France’s present allies. German strategists calculate that she would be able to wage successful war on all fronts by early spring. FRANCES GIANT PLANE BUILT FOR REGULAR SERVICES United Press Association—By Electric Tel egro ph —Copyright LONDON, November 8. The Paris correspondent of “The Daily Mail” says that a 32-ton seaplane is being built at Toulouse for the future trans-Atlantic service to carry 70 passengers. The seaplane will be equipped with kitchen and bar. Special floats will enable it to ride the waves in the event of being forced down. AMERICA’S FAST FLYING PLANES NEW TRANS-CONTINENTAL RECORD United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 9, 7 p.m.) NEWARK (New Jersey), Nov. 8. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker’s big twin-motored transport plane landed at Newark airport from Los Angeles at 8.45 p.m. (Eastern Standard time) on Thursday, setting a trans-Continental record of 12 hours 4 minutes for transport planes. The old record, held by himself was 13 hours 2 minutes. SCOPE OF DUTCH AIR MAILS ATLANTIC CROSSING PLANNED United Press Association —By Electric Teleg-aph —Copyright (Received November 9, 7.15 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, November 9. A triple engined Fokker ’plane, with a crew of four, will carry Christmas mail to Dutch Guiana, via Casablanca and Cape Verde. This will be the first Dutch commercial Atlantic crossing. The aircraft in mid-Atlantic will make wireless contacts with a Dutch submarine, which is leaving next week on a scientific cruise of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.