AIR MANOEUVRES
FRENCH PLAN THEM ON LARGE SCALE. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) PARIS, Sept. 12. A series of colossal air manoeuvres modelled on the recent air battle over London is being held in the. neighbourhood of Ram boa lid lot on Friday and Saturday. . , Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for Air, and hi® staff are attending on the special invitation of the French Governimenv. More than 350 aeroplanes are partaking in .the manoeuvres, together with anti-aircraft guns firing blank shells'. One exercise will be a, rapid evacuation of le Bourget aerodrome after an enemy attack which is sup'csrd to have .rendered le Bourget untenable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 September 1928, Page 5
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111AIR MANOEUVRES Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 September 1928, Page 5
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