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MID-ATLANTIC STATION.

In order to speed the air mail service between Europe and South America the first floating air station in mid-Atlantic has been planned. The North German Lloyd Steamship Company has decided to equip the liner Westfalen as a “ mother ship ” for trans-Atlantic mail ’planes. The liner will be stationed permanently between Bathurst (capital of the British colony of Gambia) and the island of Fernando

Noronha, off the coast of Brazil. The Westfalen is to be equipped w'ith a landing platform, stores of fuel and spare parts, and wireless equipment. It is expected that the scheme will solve the problem of making the transAtlantic mail service pay. The space which has hitherto been required for carrying fuel will now be available for freight.

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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 639, 17 December 1932, Page 27 (Supplement)

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MID-ATLANTIC STATION. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 639, 17 December 1932, Page 27 (Supplement)

MID-ATLANTIC STATION. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 639, 17 December 1932, Page 27 (Supplement)