’PLANES WILL CROSS CHANNEL IN FIFTEEN MINUTES SHORTLY.
NEW DOVER-CALAIS SERVICE TO BE OPENED. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received May 19, 1.30 p.m.) PARIS, May 18. Compagnie Aerienne Francaise has been authorised to run a seaplane service with termini at Calais Dock and Dover Harbour to connect with boat trains. The crossing will take fifteen minutes, in which, as an official points out. there is no time to be either seasick or airsick. - The fleet in the first place will consist of four or five small ’planes, carrying two or three passengers. It may later be increased. Special trains are running to connect with the ’planes. The service is expected to start on August 15.—Australian Press Association.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18467, 19 May 1928, Page 6
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118’PLANES WILL CROSS CHANNEL IN FIFTEEN MINUTES SHORTLY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18467, 19 May 1928, Page 6
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