Plan to Link London and New York by New Craft Washington, Feb. 7.
The scheme of the British M. P., Commander Charles Burney, inw. for a commercial air service between London and New York was discussed here to-day by the Cab: inet, who have instructed the Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Herbert C. Hoover, to investigate means of assisting American interests desiring to participate in the enterprise, It is announced that the Navy Department is prepared to allow trans-Atlantic airships to use the landing mast at New Jersey.
It may be recalled that Commander Burney stated on January 10 that the Zeppelin Company wi working day and night at Fri richshafen to complete the trans-Atlantic airship LZ-127 by October. The British airship R-100 being built at Bowden, Yorkshire, would be ready by the end of April, but flying trials would be delayed pending the completion of a big new airship at Cardington, near Bedford, Probably in July, when the Air Ministry would curry out trials, after which he (Commander Burney) would fly the airship as a private enterprise to carry passengers on a demonstration trans-Atlantic flight. If this proved suecessful it was inbonded to operate an alternate day service between England and North America to carry mails and passengers—Reuter.
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