FOREIGN AIRCRAFT
AUSTRALIA LIFTS BAN
AID' TO DEVELOPMENT
SYDNEY, December 1.
The Minister of Defence, Mr. A. Parkhill, announced that tlaii Governwealth Government has ctacided to lift the ban and allow Anjerican and foreign aircraft to be directly imported into Australia.
The Minister explained -'(hat aircraft not, accompanied by a certificate of airworthiness formerly were "not admitted. As America and German^ and some other foreign countries wej:e not members of the International Convention of Air Navigation this -trartually excluded importations from, them owing to the difficulties involved in providing • certificates of airwortttfiness- Other parts of the Empire 3nad already agreed to recognise tha airworthiness of American aircraft, subject to certain technical requirements. The Government was satisfied that the decision would assist the development of aviation in vAustralia. Its division was influenced by the difficulty of obtaining British aeroplanes suitable to all Australian conditions, alrK> the difficulty of obtaining deliveries of British aircraft due to the preoccupation of British manufacturers witjjt military orders for the expansion ot the Royal Air Force.
The matter will be 'ieviewed when it becomes possible to aacure reasonably prompt deliveries- ctf. British aircraft equally suitable to ./Australian requirements. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 133, 2 December 1935, Page 11
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192FOREIGN AIRCRAFT Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 133, 2 December 1935, Page 11
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