AERIAL DEVELOPMENT.
A MYSTERY MAOHINE. RECORD COMMERCIAL PLIGHT. NAVIGATED BY MECHANICAL PILOT NEW YORK, April 30. A mystery transport aeroplane of new design, owned by the Transcontinental and Western Air Lines, reported to have been navigated by a mechanical. at New Yorn at G. 59 p.m. to-day, awsr 5 lug made a record commercial flight from Los Angeles in 11 hours 5 minutes, non-stop. The average speed was 220 miles an hour.
PRIZE OF £25,000.
SPECIAL TYPE O'P PL
.INDUSTRY REJECTS OFPER. United Press Assn.—Elec. T6l. Copyright. LONDON, May 1. The Daily Telegraph’s aviation writer referring to the Air Ministry’s prize of £25,000 for a special type of aeroplane states that the aircraft industry has rejected the offer in its present form. There have been no entries. The prize must be much bigger or the plans altered, or there will be no competition.
HOLLAND TO ICELAND. DUTCH LINE’S EXTENSION. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. THE HAGUE, May 1. The management of Dutoh Air Lines announces that shortly It will open a new route to link Holland with Scotland and Iceland. This will be the flrst section of an air line from Europe to America, via Greenland.
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19565, 2 May 1935, Page 7
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197AERIAL DEVELOPMENT. Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19565, 2 May 1935, Page 7
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