THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. —— lx The Am. Hv means of the light aeroplane the coming generation will take to flying as it does at present to the bicycle. It will be possible—is. in fact possible to-day—for a young man and a girl, instead of setting off in a light car or motor-bike and side-car, to use a light aeroplane for wandering all over Europe and Africa—Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and the Sahara. ... It is
vital to tie safety of the nation that Britain should become a nation of aviators. In matters of defence we live on an island no longer. The day that Bleriot flew the Channel marked the end of our insular safety, and the beginning of tie time when Britain must seek another form of defence besides it ships,—ilr Cobham.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1926, Page 2
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131Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1926, Page 2
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