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1944
1944 - 0643.PDF
What a waste of the Night Scot ! It was designed for long runs at high speed. Every halt it makes costs more than a complete journey by the humble " local" on the branch line. Other forms of transport also need their " locals." In air travel the main-liner develops its efficiency at altitudes unsuitable for short hops, at speeds unnecessary on feeder services, with loads bigger than local traffic can provide. We must not be misled by the fact that on the routes for which it is intended its operating costs per ton-mile or per passenger-mile.compare favourably with the little branch-line aircraft. On little branch lines they will prove prohibitive. The byways of the air map have no need of superchargers and geared drives at constant-speed, of chassis retraction and compli cated aids to navigation. They must be served with a bare minimum of ground establishment, in some instances almost on an owner-driver basis. A vehicle whose suitability to this modest role has been proved in peace and war is the Dragon Rapide, in full production today for service behind the war fronts, ready for the tasks of reconstruction Dragon Rapide a product of DE HAVILLAND In the attack today— On the trade routes of the future
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