Berlin, Aug. 11 A ds step tow the establishment postal the North Atlantic by Germa rival the projected British American line was taken to-day hen the world's 12 seaplane. ordineer left Travemuende in the morning arrived at Lisbon in afternoon The plane, which is Commanded by Capt. Blankenburg, who has crossed the South Atlantic 43 times, will york via Azores to 3 aerodrome. lineer is chine burning crude oil, T speed of 162 miles an ¥erman action f cessful experimenta Atlantic conducted rican Airways and Imperial Airways, which expect to start a regular air-mail service between the British Air Transport London.
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Progiess of British air forcefully illustrated tenth anniversary port is eightnonth of the of the world for passengers and greig between London and Pari is Three months later the post office entrusted with the carriage of mails, and it cost 2s. 6d. to send a letter 250 miles between London and Paris.
To-day the charge for sending a halt ounce letter for 8,000 miles by air from England to South Africa is 1 only.—Wireless through Reuter, SHANGHAI, FRIDAY,
AUGUST
1937
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