EMPIRE AIR FLEET.

Bruce Herald, Volume LI, Issue 67, 30 August 1915, Page 3

EMPIRE AIR FLEET.

GIFTS FROM DOMINIONS. An Iniiperiia.l Aircraft Flotilla is to be formed' consisting of aeroplanes presented- to the Royal Flying Corps by each section of the Empire. Tiie movement, which emanates from the Over-Selas Glaib, is receiving very cordial support, and six aeroplanes have already been l presented by Hongkong (three), British West Indies (one), Gibraltar (one), and South Africa, (one). Aeroplanes have also been promised by Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and l New Zealand. Each district over-seas which provides £ISOO. the cost of a, 70-h.p. Renault, as entitled to have the aeroplane named after it. Hong-kong has provided £4500, one aeroplane being paid for by the Chinese partners in the Ta.i Yan Bank.