BRITAIN’S DEFENCES
FRESH ORDER FOR. MOTH
PLANES.
LONDON, Dec. 30
An order for 20 of the latest twoseater Moth .tyne of aeroplane, fitted with 30 horse-power Cirrus _ 11. air-cooled engines, has been given to the de Co. by the Air Ministry. The machines will bo used by the Home Defence Air Force for the purpose of communication /between* aerodromes and military centres. These machines, which are in wide use by civilian flying clubs, have a top speed of . 102 miles per hour and a climbing speed of 85 miles an hour. Economv in petrol consumption will be effected by their employment on tours of inspection, and for other purposes of comintinicfttiori*. —British Official Wireless.
SUBMARINES WITH AIRCRAFT
'' ; , LONDON, Dec. 31. The first news of British .submarines carrying aircraft appears in a routine announcement in The London Gazette; referring to. allowances i:o qualified fleet air pilots and naval observer officers appointed to snefi submarines. The Daily Express points out. that the-.. United States navy has been experimenting with aeroplanes with folding wings which can I,to packed in cylinders in submarines'. .... ...
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10474, 3 January 1928, Page 5
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