FRANCE DEVELOPS AERIAL DEFENCES
GREAT COMMERCIAL EXTENSIONS.
United Press Association —By Elcctrifl Telegraph—Copyright. Received Thursday, 11 p.m. LONDON, May 16. The Times’ Paris correspondent states that the Minister of the Air, M. Laurentequac, in outlining Prance’s air policy, stated that contracts amounting to £2,000,000 for new material had already been placed. A whole series erf new land and sea aircraft had been ordered. A national school of aviation had been established and plans drawn up for developing aviation in the colonies for police, postal and hospital services. Great extensions ert commercial services are planned for 1930. ' The Minister disclosed that a powerful seaplane was being constructed to cross the Atlantic.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6911, 17 May 1929, Page 6
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