BY AIR TO AUSTRALIA
SERVICES FROM ENGLAND FOURTEEN DAY JOURNEY PRACTICABLE L Australian Press Assn i • LONDON, Dec. 6. Mr Bert Hinkler, lecturing under the auspices of the Royal Aeronautical Society, detailed the technicalities of construction and manipulation ot machines which could he used practically on the Anglo-Australian servccThe Avian, in which he made the journey alone, despite not having Been designed for journeying throughout the world, had proved the possibility of designing a machine ensuring safety and comfort. Referring to the predicted five-day airship journey to Australia, Mr Hinkler pointed out that it meant a nonstop run, and also meant attaining the maximum of possibility resembling a non-stop trans-continental train in Aus tralia, which was mechanically pos ihlo. but commercially impracticable. “Experience has convinced me ot the practicability of a 14 days AngloAustralian service with comfort and safety, within a few years.’’ he corf eluded.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 291, 8 December 1928, Page 7
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