THE AIR INQUIRY
MR. PEMBERTON BILLING TAKEN TO TASK. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, June 27. Mr. Pemberton Billing:, M.P., when giving" evidence before the Air Committee, was frequently asked by the Judge' to como to close quarters instead of' talking at large. Other members of tho Committee charged Sir.- Billing with wasting timo and frying to prove hypothetical cases by dissertations. AN ALLEGATION IN THE LORDS. TILOTS WHO LOSE THEIR WAT. London, Juno 27. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, in the House of Lords,stated that an. aeroplane which left Farnborough on May 31 had not reached its destination. He read the officer's letter, which stated that tbe pilot did not know the way. Three hours after leaving Farnbon/ugh our latest machine landed intact in a German aerodrome at Lille. Lord Curzon, in reply, said a similar thing had happened to German pilots. It was one of the risks they had to ran.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2809, 29 June 1916, Page 5
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151THE AIR INQUIRY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2809, 29 June 1916, Page 5
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