IN TEN DAYS
ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph. —Press. Assn. —Copyright VANCOUVER, July 28. Sir Keith Smith, who was the first to fly from England to Australia, says to travel from England to Australia in ten days should be a commercial possi. bility within two years. Great airships were now being built by Vickers for this service. They will Use crude oil instead of petrol, avoiding danger of fire, one of the greatest hazards of the former type of airships. The Vickers airships will have a capacity for 100 passengers and baggage. ’ 1 The ships already built will be used for experimental flights. In the meanwhile Vickers arc constructing tw,o air vessels to inaugurate an actual service. • '
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXI, Issue 2334, 30 July 1924, Page 3
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