ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFERJS A f«K» PRIZE. ByCable.-Prets AMoriation.-Oopytl|« Melbourne, September 2. , Mr. J. Cook, Minister for Defence, ha* approved of regulations for a prite of £SOOO 'for Ilie lie«t flying machine suitable for military purposes. The inventor must be a resident M Australia for at least two yean, Australian born or a naturalised British subject. The machine must not be supported" •by any gas lighter than air, and n» far as possible it must be constructed! in Australia by Australians.
Tt must be capable of polling ,r<c turning to the starting point, trawl* lin«? at not less thai a rat* of twenty miles nn hour in test. Tt must carry at least thro paiieiiger«. tli? total loading above the complot" weight erf the machine to U not less than 360 pounds. It must possess a sufficient novelty to warrant the granting of letter! potent. The successful machine, if HtWnotorv for military purposes, is to b» p'need "t the disposal of the Com* ivi :-"-crlili Government for a petiott nf •, V«e "'nnths at a price to ke (bed In- arbitn-tlon.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 180, 3 September 1909, Page 2
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181ÆRIAL NAVIGATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 180, 3 September 1909, Page 2
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