BRITISH AIRWAYS
SCHEME OF DEVELOPMENT
FRANCE STILL FAR IN LEAD,
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(AUSTRALIAN - JISTT ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATIOH.) LONDON, 26th February.
The "Daily Chronicle" says: "If the Treasury approves the proposed £1.000,000 grant spread over ten years, towards the £2,000,000 scheme for the development of British airways, the rest of the money can be found immediately. Big financial interests in London argr convinced of the necessity of improving British air facilities. Apart from her military strength, France lias a fleet o£ 300 commercial aeroplanes, many of them large, twin-engined craft, which could rapidly be converted into troop transports or bombers, Britain has oniy 20 aeroplane expresses. The French, moreover, are training a great reserve of mechanics and pilots.!'.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 49, 27 February 1923, Page 7
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118BRITISH AIRWAYS Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 49, 27 February 1923, Page 7
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