AVIATION IN DOMINION.
MACHINES FROM ENGLAND.
FOUR COMING ON LOAN.
TWO WELL-KNOWN TYPES. [UY TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENTS.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Advice has been received from tho Air Ministry, London, that two Bristol fighting 'planes, and two DH4 machines with equipment, t»v..« riggers, and two litters aro proceeding t-> New Zealand shortly. Tho machines anl the equipment remain the property of the British Government, and New Zealand will be held responsible for their custody.
I'. is understood that tho machines are presented by tho Royal Air Force, and considerable interest attaches to tho announcement, which lends colour to the belief that it will not be long before a regular flying servico is established in New Zealand, to be used for military and naval purposes as well as for civil requirements.
The British " fighter" is one of the best known flying machines used by the Royal Ai' Force during the war. DH4 machines or) biplanes which have been converted into comfortable touring machines, seating Wu passengers inside. A cabin in provided with windows. Machines of this type aro being used to convoy the peace delegates and their secretaries to and from Pans. They arc now known ae "aerial limousines." v
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17125, 2 April 1919, Page 10
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196AVIATION IN DOMINION. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17125, 2 April 1919, Page 10
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