AIR PIRATES
THE DANGER OF TO-DAY. Piracy on the high seas and highway robbery are now things of the past and air pirates arc the danger of to-day. To meet this new menace, the pilots of bullion-carrying aircraft, of the British Imperial Airways Limited are being armed with revolvers. Ostensibly the idea is that, in the event of a forced landing away from a recognised airdrome among unscrupulous people, the pilot and crow must obviously be able to protect themselves. There is, however, the fear that a thieves’ gang, learning of the ship ment of many millions of dollars in bullion, might endeavour to raid the plane, either by a battle in the air or by causing the bullion-carrying machine to make a false landing by showing landing flares where there is no landing place.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 27 September 1927, Page 9
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