DOMINION AIR FORCE.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 5. By the end of Juiie the de Havilland aircraft factory at Rongotai will have assembled for the New Zealand Air Force fifty Tiger Moth training machines, which i 6 half the initial order from the Government. To manufacture to the extent of 80 or 90 per cent, the air frames from imported raw materials, the staff of 60 is to bo substantially increased. It is anticipated that the original Government order will be largely extended, necessitating an increase in the factory area.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 160, 6 June 1940, Page 8
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91DOMINION AIR FORCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 160, 6 June 1940, Page 8
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