AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY
BOOM IN BRITAIN.
THE BIGGEST IN HISTORY. GREAT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC. United Press Assn.—-Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, Aug. 25. The Sunday Times says the British aircraft industry is enjoying the' biggest boom in its history. Statistics issued 10-day reveal that the passenger and freight traffic of Imperial Airways increased 50 per cent, in the first three months of 1935, while mails doubled. The value of,aircraft exports is the highest recorded. The airport at Croydon is congested with traffic, as many as 200 aeroplanes having arrived and departed in a single day. It is increasingly difficult to find sufficient qualified pilots to cope with the expanding traffic.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19664, 26 August 1935, Page 7
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