BRITISH AIR ROUTES
INDIA AND THE CAPE NEW HANIDLEY PAGE ’PLANE LONDON, Nov. .14. Captain Cores conducted a successful trial of the Hannibal Handley Page fast 42-seater machine, four of which are shortly entering the Indian and Cape routes. It is hoped later to extend the services to Australia. The freight when fully loaded will be 13 tons, the cruising speed 105 miles, inaxium 120 miles per hour. The fuselage is 76J feet long and contains two saloons, a toilet compartment, refreshment car, mails and baggage compartment. Owing to the eliminatory measures passengers will not suffer more noise than in an express train.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 7
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103BRITISH AIR ROUTES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 7
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