AEROPLANE TOUR

Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1930, Page 2

AEROPLANE TOUR

the WESTLAND WAPIIf. j EXHIBITING BRITAIN'S AIR 1 ■ EFFICIENCY. t ' . •• • . « • '• . V,. ;; , (Official Wireless.) ■r ; /•; ituGßg^o^ The Westland V Aircraft: V,Coiripahy intend to send abroad/a, Wapiti'/general purposes military.' qreojjpjane {in order to demonstrate its" qualities 'before Government offipials ;and,. air. force officers of the States of; sputherii Ear-, ope, South America and Cfiina. The machine will be away for .-several months. - '. V . ■ The tour will begin in China, from Hong ,Kong, and '.. .will '., continue throughout the : country.- ■ - The European portion of, the tour will include Greece, Spain, Portugal Jugoslavia and the Balkan states. The machine will. Remain for some time in each country. ...Later it will probably tour, the Scandinavian countries and the, Baltic .states, •• The demonstrations in »South America will be ,a.ssopiated, with :the;Brit\ish Etopire trade . exhibition to he held there next April. Other British firms will send. machines. ; tp that ex-* hibition, but -Gie Westland exhibit will remain fin; a tour of; the Conti, nent, - after the exhibition dowe*. * '' ■ ******* *’/■. K• i y The Westian-l Wppiti genial, .piirf poses military machine is .a’ ,f gined two /water, tha£,;can attain a * speed of ofooiit. 150 miles'an hour-.T;It !> is iemployed in-the. Boyal Air Force for army co-operation;' - bat is ’an efficient fighter, and a useful bombey. The Australian Air Force have acquired a number of these machines for j advanced training). They are similar in type to the Fairey maebihea .recently - purchased jby • the New Zealand . Government. \