EXPEDITING MAILS.
USE OF A3RPLANEB.
A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT
(Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received August 2, 9.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 1
Chamberlain, flying a Fokker plane successfully took off from the runway on a deck of the Leviathan 150 miles out at sea, demonstrating the feasibility of using planes to expedite fast mails between the United States and Europe, thus saving 4S hours. United States lines have declared their intention of providing similar runways on various other vessels as the result of the success of this exjjerimeafe —: .— ———
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17168, 2 August 1927, Page 7
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87EXPEDITING MAILS. Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17168, 2 August 1927, Page 7
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