The Minister for Defence was asked in Christchurch on Friday (states the "Sun") whether the airship Britannia
was likely to come out of its retire-
ment soon. He said that the machine 1 Was not likely to fly for some time, ki
present there was a member of the New 'Zealand staff training at' Home, hut he would have to undergo a year's instruction, and in the interval the machine could not he played with, or lei. out for casual flights, as it was a military aeroplane. The Minister added that as far as defence purposes were concerned he thought that one aeroplane was of little use by itself.
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Northern Advocate, 7 May 1914, Page 5
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