SAFETY IN AVIATION.
TESTS IN AUSTRALIA. _ SYDNEY, Jan. 20. The Civil Aviation Department has issued a notification to every airman in Australia holding a commercial pilot’s license that he will be required to pass before the end of the year an exacting test in blind flying or lose bis license. Pilots will be required to “spin” a ’plane while flying it blind, also to stall it and make a cross-country flight lasting an hour. NEW AIRLINERS. SYDNEY, Jan. 20. Three high-speed American airliners have been ordered by Airlines of Australia, Ltd., which intends to use them on the Sydney-Brisbane service. They are tri-motored Stinsons, which carry eight passengers at a cruising speed of 160 miles an hour.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1936, Page 10
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