SAILORS AS AVIATORS
A NEW NAVAL ORDER. “EVERY SAILOR AN AIRMN.” LONDON, Oct. 26. , “Every sailor an airman" is the latest slogan of the Navy, Admiralty Fleet orders ordain that all officers and men of the Royal Navy and marines may be ordered as necessary to make casual flights in aircraft as a part of their duties. No extra pay or allowances will be granted for thisj work. Commander Burney, in an interview, said the order merely indicated the inevitable development of aircraft. “It is possible, of course.” he said, “that some individual ratings may feel a little hesitancy about flying, but this would soon wear off.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3497, 5 November 1926, Page 9
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107SAILORS AS AVIATORS Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3497, 5 November 1926, Page 9
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