The Archive · 1938

CENTAURUS RETURNS TO)

SOUTHAMPTON

Survey Flight of 30,000° Miles Completed London, ¥eb. 23.

Several hours earlier than expected, the Imperial Airways. Flying-boat Centaurus reached Southampton to-day on her return from New Zealand.

'Since' the flying-boat left South-Jampton on December 3, she has flown 30,000 miles to survey a route for regular flying-boat services between Southampton and Sydney, which fare to start early this summer, and for an extended atr-mail route''from [Sydney to Auckland, which it {s Jexpected, will be established a year Tater—Wireless. through Reuter.

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