BRITAIN'S AIR FLEET.
INCREASED TENFOLD. ./. SUPER-AEROPLANE PROJECT. London, June 16. . The Under-Secretary for . War, Mr. H. J. Tennant, speaking in the House of Commons, said-it was im- , possible to refer in detail. to the air servjee,. but the : number . of machine.? had been increased: tenfold and the men nvefold. There were now eleven schools for the training of pilots; : accommodating;'":2oo students. There, had -..beenj_ no shortage of high \ explosive bombs since February, the supply and reserve being now ample. ' The Government contemplated . building a super-aeroplane, similar to that of the Russians. •»
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15947, 18 June 1915, Page 7
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