HAWKER TOMTIT ’PLANES
AIR. FORCE MACHINES. “BLIND FLYING” INSTRUCTION. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 5. The Hawker Tomtit aeroplanes ordered by the New Zealand Air Force have arrived and two more are on order. The machines are used for training purposes and will give club-trained pilots in the Air Force a more advanced training. The new machines are biplanes, with an all-metal fuselage and two open cockpits, the rear of which is fitted with a hood to allow the pupil to be instructed in blind flying. The Tomtit has a speed of 124 miles per hour at 11000 feet.
The ’planes are expected to go to the Masterton pageant on Saturday week.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 6 March 1931, Page 4
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