"Britain has for some time been considering; the opening) of an aerial mail route betjveen LondorUand Paria^ wliich -.dtefcance,;; aiboxti' 138 'miles, ha£ been covered in Ihr. 40min, i>y »
i flying machine," 5 says Captain JTugo | Sundstedt, • Sweden's champion longI distance aviator, who has arrived in ! New York, with Lieutenant Kiel s Nvegaerd, to .prepare for a cross-At-l lantic flight in the spring. "Accord- \ ing to the present route," added the I captain, "the mail must first go by -; rail to Dover, then by steamer to i Calais, and then by rail again *to Paris. Imagine the time this takes against a trip via aeroplane that can cover the distance in less than two hours." Captain Sundstedt pointed out that daily newspapers and their renders -would greatly benefit by a quick aerial mail service. ;
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 6
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134Untitled Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 6
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