THE FIRST UNIT.
IMPERIAL A!R FLEET.
AIRSHIP FOR NEW ZEALAND-;
[By Ki.ec~'vic Teleguapii—Copyright 1 [ United Press Association. 1 London, April 20. Sections oi' a new airship from the Astra works, in France, are being erected at Farnborongh. It will be 360 horse-power and of 350,000 cubic feet capacity. The Imperial Air Fleet Committee have offered Hamel’s monoplane to New Zealand, which lias accepted it as the first unit in an Imperial air fleet. The newspaper Standard has inaugurated a public subscription towards the scheme. Mr William Coward has subscribed £2OO and guaranteed £6OO. Sir Joseph Ward and Lord Desborough have made generous subscriptions.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 88, 21 April 1913, Page 5
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103THE FIRST UNIT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 88, 21 April 1913, Page 5
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