AVIATION.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20086, 15 November 1930, Page 17

AVIATION.

I PROGRESS IN BRITAIN. GROWTH OF COMMERCIAL POPULARITY. ; Timt Britain leads the world in avi- , *ljcb atid that the aeroplane is becom/Ajf more and more popular commer- ! MWMj? were the two chief impressions : gf Squadron-Leader J. L. Findlay, .officharge of the Wigram Aerodrome, i who returned to Chriatchurch yesterday jKw an 18 months' tour of duty in vEnghmd. Squadron-Leader Findlay was • *«Bt Home by the New Zealand Gov"eaußent to investigate the latest mafcltees and the most up-to-date methods of fautraetion, and throughout his stay - fee iu the iciest of the British Air * Misiitry. At different, units of the ! ' Air Force, "a wonderfully efli- - «*«* service," he took courses in day 1 .Jwnbing, night bombing, instruction inl Stunt flying, the parachute, army ' : work, and.- aerial photoaviation things are looking up, ißßtjiaßly" in ■England' but also, I am glad in New Zealand," said SquadFindlay,' to a reporter of VM* Pnzßi. "At Home it is still jmjjlpTernment which keeps the different pMimft manufacturers going, but ayi--1 la becoming increasingly popular I ijgtnunereially. There has been a remarkf .JlSjte interest in the number of privato 1 pjirticularjy women. ;.Tlia is increasing steadily. The Do people are .making a good t, turning out an average: \ * one moth aeroplane a day, that they are behind the ,j|s!?prices of' light aero- . tJ»,'are tending to come down; "why it should not be sell- ! £350 in a year or two. have been re*prices. I would say that is approaching rapidly when will be quite cornTypes of Machines. most of his time was taken !|PiPWwiet work, Squadron-Leader ■sriaited _ most of the aircraft in England, and flew al--16 different new types ■ including single-seaters, bombers, and an auto-gyro type which is to be r fjg|pyfe lo New* Zealand. '' The autoJMiy. interesting," he said, on qjiite different prinwhat we are used to." At !l> ■aKP*?ii ß » ct<>ri <» he was treated re- - and allowed to fly any be chose. himself on his good rJmßjaft'ifln being a England in 1929, probably the most interest'"'TtlSPy '^ n hietor y British avi'^HHr 7748 al3 ' o to attend three of the air—the Air ExOlympia, London, the Schrace, and the Royal Air at Hendon. Bchneider TrophyTrophy contest, said 1 -^ lu^a yj was not paris interesting as a race, for, on the great speed at which each aeroplane liad to i n>^nu^atl after the last. The -mmm' travelled at incredible *BBr P ast the spectators althe noise of their engines beard. He met, of course, officers of the Force, inl g'o^c er Atcherley. Trophy is no mere and limb, but an invaluthe development of airsiflwihi.* ® ni P' laa ' se d- '' Lt is a great SjgjßSffljW towards the production of isw. The latest Bolls engine, race, and many other imStWj® ' a design have also been ' 1IB» " m .^' le com Peting aeroplanes. 'mMESiii'ii'j* B^l^ll6B 6 enerall . v are tend■Sreater speeds. The latest jHK&Jr Dorset, a single-seater fighter, wiWlflMHi 15- ~ OTicr 200 miles an hour, at 10,000 feet." « Aeroplanes Supreme. *i MRLfi* Squadron-Leader Find«l !»!53i"»^. than ever convinced that jl lIS' aeroplane is the best 3 SHSnStISIfI The high standard was » SBfiui? -t° *- ac * that British I J| pass a very severe test I tßeaB ' *' 10- ''ke of which no 1 ' m P os ed. This was a "the - Britiali machine; and I thought the test !®tfraßSfftn rea^ se< 3 that it was taeir advantage in the mar-