AERIAL NAVIGATION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 1 August 1913, Page 5

AERIAL NAVIGATION.

BRITAIN'S AIR FLEET.

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, July 31. It is stated that the Government has decided to encircle the coast with aeroplane stations, 50 to 100 miles apart, owing to their success in detecting submarine manoeuvres. The House of Commons discussed the Army and Navy vote. The chief topic was the i nsufficiency,. of aeroplanes. Mr G. Sandys detailed his and Mr Joyn-son-Hic&s's investigations. He found that only 44 aeroplanes were available for war. He declared that Colonel Seely's total of 120 machines was only reached by including machines repairing, and monoplanes, which were not used as they were dangerous. Colonel Seely explained that normally 40 per cent, were under repair. He stated that 90 aeroplanes on order at the Central Flying, School had flown over 100,000 miies without' serious accident.