ADVANCE IN AIRCRAFT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2598, 26 June 1923, Page 3

ADVANCE IN AIRCRAFT.

'MARVELLOUS NEW MACHINES,

London, 21st June.

The mystery surrounding the new equipment of the Royal Air Force has been lifted sufficiently to show that new machines are such as would have staggered the imagination only a year ago. It includes machines which fly, with full military equipment, men, and ammunitions, at a speed of 150 miles an hour at a height of over 10,000 ft. and-capable of twisting and turning with- extraordinary facility. The experts are gratified with the results of the experiments. In the naval department the latest types of torpedo-carriers are the Blackburn “Dart” and the Han-ley-Page “Hamley,” both singleseaters, with a speed of 100 miles an hour. Several other tvpes are ready, which it is considered, will place England ahead of the other Powers in aircraft. fn the presence of thousands of people lining the foreshore, six aeroplanes carried out a trial attack on the Atlantic Fleet at Weymouth on Wednesday night, using aerial torpedoes. All the ships lights were put out and the aeroplanes, thougli they flew low, had the greatest difficulty in spotting the target. The “Daily Express” states that three out of six dummy torpedoes hit the Queen Elizabeth, the Valiant and another warship during the night attack.