PLANES ON “SUBS”

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10474, 3 January 1928, Page 5

PLANES ON “SUBS”

BRITISH NAVAL CIRCLES

SURPRISED

HUSH RUSH” EXPERIMENTS WITH UNDERSEA CRAFT.

ADMIRALTY SECRET TNA DV KKTENTLY REVEALED

OFFICIAL COMMENT: “DISCLOSURE MOST UNFORTUNATE.”

(Received Jan 2, 7.5 p.m.) •LONDON, Doc. Ml

The announcement that -s extra daily, starting from ‘June last, will ho paid to qualified! fleet air pilots and naval observer officers appointed to submarines carrying aircraft., surprised naval circles,' which have for a. long time known that experiments were being made with submarines capable of carrying aircraft. ll.owover. the experiments are regarded •ns.in the “Inish hush” category, ana it was not expected that the Admiralty would reveal this, more or less .secret activity, as the experiments are hot jet finished. IL is a difficult problem, owing to the limited space, to accommodate aircraft,, but great progress has been made in ,• this connection. Other navies are engaged in similar experiments leading to greater doubts fis; to the expediency of revealing what. Britaib is doing.—Sun. LONDON,; Jan. 1.

It appears that the news *egard■hg submarines carrying aircraft leaked out by m mistake through a. red-tape,-■'regulation, concerning the -publication of rates of naval pay. The Admiralty has been taking bxtrnordinarov pains’! to keep the experiments secret, and Naturally reiuses further' information. The only comment inofficial circles was - that contained in .the London Gazette, which, says that the disclosure is most unfortunate, and illtimed.—A. and N.Z.0.A..