WONDERFUL PROGRESS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 128, 28 February 1928, Page 3

WONDERFUL PROGRESS

FLYING IN CANADA CAPTAIN ISITT RETURNS Dominion Special Service. Auckland, February 27. “I have made up my mind as to the type of machine wc require, but the question of the cost will have to be considered, and that is for the decision of the Government,” said Captain L. AL Isitt on his arrival at Auckland to-day, after spending nearly two years in England investigating the possibilities of flying in this country and taking refresher courses in aeroplane work at aerodromes in the Old Country. Captain Isitt naturally was reluctant to discuss policy questions, and confessed that he had not yet completely’ formulated bis proposals to place before the Government. His work at Home, however, was concerned mainly about the operations of seaplanes and flying boats. Of the proposed aerodrome at Hobsonville, the possibilities of which he specially’ investigated, he would say but little, preferring to wait till he has consulted the officers of the Defence Department and discussed with them his twenty-one months’ work. On the way out, Captain Isitt spent some time in Canada, and he speaks highly of the state of efficiency to which flying lias been raised in the Dominion. In aerial survey work, Canada has reached a practical basis, while other countries are still in the experimental stages, and in commercial flying also the Dominion has made wonderful strides. One company, he said, which had six machines operating last vear was commissioning twenty-live this year. In England, Channel flying was developing rapidly, and the rebuilding of Croydon had made this the most up-to-date and efficient air port in the world.