WAR IN THE AIR
BRITISH MANOEUVRES. LONDON, June 27. A hundred thousand witnessed an air pageant at Hendon in the presence of their Majesties. Several new types of machines, ol widely carrying' horsepower, demon st rated their powers as fast seo’ds. Troop carriers, large bombers, aerial ambulanees, performed iniramerabh. manoeuvres, including looping, the spiral, and nose-iliving to within a few feet of the ground. The use ’ofl wireless between machines in the air was demonstrated in aerial drill by four squadrons of 3<> machines. r King George tested the wonders ... wireless telephony. nnd ordered the squadron to alter its course fifteen points outwards. The message was broadcast, and so heard that all the . enclosure’s pilots turns instantly.
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Grey River Argus, 30 June 1925, Page 5
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