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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 74, 20 December 1929, Page 11

The assistance given by the Government. and the expected support of local bodies will have the effect, of establishing :i chain of well-equipped aerodromes throughout the Dominion, anil though nt first the number may be strictly limited on account, of the financial burden assumed by the Government being heavy for each recognised aviation authority, their success will, no doubt, bo the best recommendation for an extension of the scheme. In view of this development in aviation facilities in New Zealand, it. is interesting to note that Sir Alan Cobham recently complained that, with the exception of the Croydon aerodrome, Britain has made no advance during the last ten years In providing aerodromes. Enthusiastic private owners were selling their aeroplanes, he said, not because they had lost interest in aviation but because of a scarcity of aerodromes, that restricted their range of flying. Until every town and village in the British Isles had its own landing ground and proper accommodation for machines, flying, he was convinced, could not prove its utility. In direct contrast to the conditions he deplores in Britain are those described by a young New Zealander who toured Europe in his aeroplane, finding proper landing grounds in the most out-of-the-way places.—“ Christchurch Time?*