DEMONSTRATION OF JET BOATS
British Soldiers To Watch
A commercial demonstra!tion of jet boats will be held jat Lake Bryndwr, ChristI church, this morning. It will be provided by Messrs C. W. F. Hamilton and Company Ltd. at the request of the men of the Ist Battalion, The Loyal Regiment. Including the Loyals about 300 soldiers will watch the demonstration which will show different applications of jet craft. Six boats will show their capability to travel over obstacles in water, beaching, speed work, and general manoeuvrability.
Perhaps the most spectacular to watch will be a display by a jet fire boat which, with a special attachment added to the jet unit, is capable of putting 1200 gallons of water a minute on to a fire. Several of these fire boats are now in the'United States, using the Christchurch manufacturing firm’s jet unit
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30608, 26 November 1964, Page 16
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