AERIAL INSPECTION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 March 1922, Page 8

AERIAL INSPECTION.

BY SIR PERCY COZ

"Received March 27, 3.45 a m ™ * • .r- • March 25. me Air Ministry announces that Sir, Percy Cos, High Commissioner for Irak accompanied by his staff, carried out the first aerial inspection. The inspei*. tion was of part of the country lying along the Euphrates. A flight of three hundred miles was accomplished in a day The party was carried in three Vickers-Vernon troop carrying aeroplanes, each capable of carrying a load of nearly'two tons and accommodating twelve persons with full military equipment, in addition to the pilots and ■water and food supplies. The party were escorted by twelve aeroplanes. The visit greatly impressed the tribes. The Vernon machines are destined to play an important part in the garrisioning of Irak when jt comes entirely under air force control.