AVIATION.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20181, 9 March 1931, Page 11

AVIATION.

FRENCH AIR ESTIMATES. INCREASE OF £1,800,000. MSIIM* PUSS ASSOCIATION—B* ELIOTSIO T*W!OBArB—?OE?BJOHT.) (Received March Bth, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, March 7, The Air Estimates have been introduced.* The total ift $17,532,000! They show an increase of £1,600,000 fpr the year, including subsidies on air mail lines to Soufh America, Madagaacar, and Indo-China, .totalling £1,568,000. New war aeroplanes number 4424. ' AEROPLANES COLLIDE, TWO ' PILOTS KILLBP. (Recpjved March Bth, 6.5 p.m.) - LONX>ON, March 7. Two * auxiliary Air Force aeroplaE.es, belonging to the Pity of Glasgow bombing squadron, while lopping the loop, aollidad in mid-air and. crashed. The pilots, Flying-Officers Lamb and Phillips, wore killed. A mechanic jumped olear and landed safely by {peana of a parachute. EXPLOSION IN AEROPLANE. OCCUPANTS PAVE NARROW ESCAPE. (Received March Bth, 5.5 p.m.) BERWN, March 7. Five passengers and four of the crew of n Lufthansa aeroplane had a nar-| row escape from, death when a forced landing was made in Holland. All i hid got oat when there was a tremen- | dous explosion, <he machine being | smashed to atoms. FAIRjBAIRN LEAVES FOR QUSBim BASRA, .Ma-rch 8, | The airman. Mr G, Fawbairn, thp j Cambridge who is flying ] to Australia, haa arrived he«> «ifl left | ftgajn foy Bushire. j municipal elections., , !>'>-'•' ..II •'■ > , LONDON; COPNTY qouNcw<. .> - '"i—'jji ii"«" ik' ■ -A* -r-'r* 7 **?:?- r '• (BRITISH . WffiWW RUGBY, March 6. The final results of the elections for the kqndon IQoapty Council vereH Municipal Reformers ... 88 \ The net pains were Municipal Reformers 6 ' tribwiUt "• 1