Air Ministry Advisory Council on Imperial Air Routes - CMD 449
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- Air Ministry Advisory Council on Imperial Air Routes - CMD 449
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- 1919
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Air Ministry Advisory Council on Imperial Air Routes - CMD 449
Author: LORD WEIR OF EASTWOOD
Year: 1919
Air Ministry Advisory Council on Imperial Air Routes - CMD paper No. 449. The Committee have given very careful consideration to the question, " How best to organise Imperial Air Routes," which was the question specifically referred to them for consideration and advice when they were appointed. The Committee understand the designation, " Imperial Air R ~ mtes" to mea.n routes which will enable the new transport element, namely, the air, to be made use of in speeding up communication between the various portions of the British Empire. This Report throughout deals only with heavier-than-air machines. The Committee propose to submit a further r e port dealing with the subject of the possible use of lighter-than-air craft in the development of Imperial Air Routes. They have considered Canada, Newfoundland, South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand, as the main outlying portions of the British Empire (and to these they would add Egypt) to which they should direct their attention, and have thought it best to confine themselves . to the question of the establishment of main trunk lines connecting these portions of the Empire with the United Kingdom by air. Such trunk lines would no d