LIGHT PLANES
NEW ZEALAND COULD BUILD THEM VIEWS OF LEADER OF AIR MISSION AUCKLAND. 15th April. The opinion that New Zealand could manufacture light aeroplanes was expressed to-day by Sir Hardman Lever, leader of the British Air Mission, which has just presented a report to the New Zealand Government. Sir Hardman said that it was possible for New Zealand to manufacture only light types, because the country d a not possess the technique necessary for others. The progress of aviation was so rapid that the technique was changing daily.
The mission, he said, was impressed with the condition of civil aviation in New Zealand. particularly landing grounds. He admitted a connection between the mission and the conference on Pacific defence.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 17 April 1939, Page 4
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