COBHAM’S FLYING BOAT TO MAKE SUMMER TOUR
INTERESTING THE CHILDREN. LEARNING GEOGRAPHY FROM THE AIR, Times Cable. LONDON, Jan. 4. Sir Alan Cobliam, the famous airman, proposes to make during the summer a flying boat tour of Britain. Sir Alan will talk flying to every boy and girl on the coast, and will institute essay competitions on the subject: “The air routes of the world and their relationship to the development of peace and progress,” giving successful competitors free flights. Sir Alan Cobham states that the boys and girls will find that flying will enable them to visualise the scenery, rivers and towns along any route. Sir Alan pointed out that lie could visualise the wholo scenery along tho routes lie tocjk on the flight to Australia, and the flight round Africa. Such impressions became permanent and gave one a complete conception of the geography of a country or continent.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6804, 7 January 1929, Page 8
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150COBHAM’S FLYING BOAT TO MAKE SUMMER TOUR Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6804, 7 January 1929, Page 8
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