GIFT AEROPLANES FOR AUSTRALIA
PILOTS MUST BE NATIVE-BORN. / London, August 6. Nothing has been decided regarding tho trrpeis of tho. hundred aeroplanes Britain is riving Australia. It i 6 understood that the delay is due to the lack of hangars. Fifty Australian pilots and observers are still in England studying the latest manufacturing methods. They are hopeful that tho Government's air policy wilil he announced sufficiently early to enable them t» choose whether they shall continue in the Australian Air Sertjco or. return to civil life. It -is understood that Mr. W. }l. Hughes has indicated that all positions in the Air Service must be held by Australians. Tho announcement has given the utmost satis-' faction, but it is admitted tbat_ if the future air defence includes airships and balloons, the most economical method will be to secure English instructors tem-porarily.—Aus.-N.is.' Cable As.sn. PASSENGER AEROPLANES. London, August G. Mr. S. W. Copley; of West' Australia,' has purchased three hundred passenger aeroplanes, and intends tossnd some to Australia' to establish services, to enable rapid transit from the capitals'to outlying districts 'in eniorgenciee such as calls for doctors.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 269, 9 August 1919, Page 7
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188GIFT AEROPLANES FOR AUSTRALIA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 269, 9 August 1919, Page 7
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