FLYING NEWS
NO .TOM FOR “SMITHY". MAY COME TO RESIDE IN NEW ZEALAND. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Jan. 26, 11 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 20. Air Commodore Kingsford Smith has received a. hint that there .s no hope of tlie Commonwealth Government finding him an aviation job or providing a subsidy for a London air tna.il, owing to the shortage of funds It was stated to-day that he would probably go to New Zealand to reside. “Smithy,” : piloting the Southern Cross, made, many pleasure flights over the city to-day, with up to 17 passengers on each trip.
CHEAP AEROPLANES
LIGHT TYPE FOR £3OO.
LONDON, Jan. 15
Light aeroplanes should 1m purchasable at £3OO, half the present price, in consequence of Sir "William -Morris’s mass production plans. The first tests have been completed, at Brooklands, of a 7-cylinder 150 horse-power radial aero engine, and Sir M illiam hopes to market this engine at £l5O.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11548, 27 January 1932, Page 5
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