HYDROPUNES WANTED.
—4 NOT LAND PWNBS. By Tetegr4pli—Press JUsofrla.ttoti—CtepJrlslit Melbourne, February 14. Mr. Hawker, tlio aviator, states that tho aeroplanes imparted by the Federal Defence Department are practically useless for defence purposes. 'Australia's bug coastline made bydr-q.planfis, or hydro-aeroplanes—-mat land planes—tho class of aircraft required. The Australian, machines purchased already were of four models, all old. tORfONATis ESCAPE. '■•Times' , —Sydfloy "Sun" Special Cabled Cairo, Pcbruary 13. . M. Gulllaus, tie ayiatoJ, fras flying upside down at a height of 2OOQ feet,, when the -motor of iiis Jnacliin.e suddenly stopped, and the machine fell. Ho managed to right it at a thousand feet, and landed safely.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1985, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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104HYDROPUNES WANTED. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1985, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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