THRILLS AT AERO SHOW

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1929, Page 7

THRILLS AT AERO SHOW

GIVING CONFIDENCE IN AIR TRAVEL. LONDON, July 22. A world of romance and adventure has been created within the walls of Olympia, Kensington, W. It is called “The International Aero Exhibition,” but it is worthy of the title of “The Exliibiton of Modern Marvels.” You may see there and examine aircraft of every sort and shape. You may trace in a fine series of models owned by the Air Minstrv the full and enthralling history of aviation from the flying-boat designed in 1670 bv Francesco Lana to H.M. Airship R 101. You .may sit in the cockpit of the latest battle machine, climb inside the great flying-boats, including the monster in which Sir Alan and Lady Cobham flew round Africa, and you may feel something of what it' will be like to fly the new Handley-Page. fourengined air liners which Imperial Airways will soon add to their fleet. FASTEST SEAPLANE. These liners are luxurious aerial pullmans fitted with every comfort from armchairs to eo kfail bars. One look inside the sample liner at Olympia would give the most timid person confidence in air travel. You may see too a great two-nlaned machine of the type used by the R.A.F. when rescuing Europeans in Afghanistan, and you may gaze on the tiny, bird-like seaplane in which FliglitLieut. Webster' won the Schneider Tronhy/for England ,\ears ago. The greatest marvel of all connected | with the exhibition is that it lias been visited by far more foreigners than Britons. Since it was opened bythe Prince of Wales on Tuesday thousands of Frenchmen, Germans, Italians, Austtrians, Japanese, and Americans have toured the exhibition with unconcealed eagerness and admiration.