The three 24-ton flying-boats which are to extend the Southampton-Singapore-Sydney air trunk route to New Zealand were recently completed in the workshops of Short Brothers at Rochester. England. The pictures gives an interesting illustration of the method of building these giant aircraft. The tailless aircraft in the centre is the flying-boat Australia, above which can be seen the tail-fin and rudder of the Aotearoa, the first of the fleet to be completed, and almost ready to move to the slipway above the River Medway for its flying trials. The Awarua had been completed when the photograph was taken.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 145, 22 June 1939, Page 7
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98The three 24-ton flying-boats which are to extend the Southampton-Singapore-Sydney air trunk route to New Zealand were recently completed in the workshops of Short Brothers at Rochester. England. The pictures gives an interesting illustration of the method of building these giant aircraft. The tailless aircraft in the centre is the flying-boat Australia, above which can be seen the tail-fin and rudder of the Aotearoa, the first of the fleet to be completed, and almost ready to move to the slipway above the River Medway for its flying trials. The Awarua had been completed when the photograph was taken. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 145, 22 June 1939, Page 7
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