BRITISH AIRCRAFT
LARGE ORDER FOR GREECE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 23. The newly-formed Greek Air Ministry has placed with the Fairev Aviation Company one. of the largest orders for British service aircraft ever placed by a foreign Government. The machines are Fairey 111. biplanes, capable of high speed, and may be quickly converted from land aeroplanes into seaplanes- The type is identical with the general purposes machines used in the Royal Air Force, and in which both the Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister often travel. It is used also for the annual Cape to Cairo formation flight made by the Royal. Air Force for demonstration and training purposes.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 25 October 1930, Page 6
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111BRITISH AIRCRAFT Hawera Star, Volume L, 25 October 1930, Page 6
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