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Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1925, Page 1

GERMAN AIR BI.ANS. LONDON, Sept. 7. .Sews has reached London that Germany, after avoiding restrictinns by cs ta hi isli ing workshops in adjacent countries lor the mass production of aeroplanes, j> now rivaling, under the eyes of the Allies, an army of airmen to handle Ihe machines that are pouring in I rum these factories, sum-' of which are only a few hours' flight from German soil. in --on iuin t i-ui with tin* Transport Ministry, airway eonrerns are establishing near Berlin a splendidly eqnippt'd school of pilotage \thie!u is to ,-|uak iC operations under the giii-e of ■ i\ iI aviation. Here cx-S- rvi- , pilots and observers will receive training m the u-e of the latest instrument' for long-distance night- living, which will -■mail coii'latil work on the If).DTI miles of airways t-:inuighoiii Germany. The completeness of the German met licid is illustrated hy the in- t that a line of airway between Berlin and Bremen is operated mainly to provide practical trainin' 1 ; for airmen. No passengers are carried on this route, the ’pin taking •mix newspaper-- and mails.