AVIATION IN JAPAN.
PHYSIQUE A HANDICAP. LONDON. April 7. The Hon. William Francis ForbesSempill, who was the commander of the British air mission to the Japanese Navy, told the Aeronautical Society that the Japanese possessed good average flying abilitv, but suffered from the inconvenience of shortness of "stature, necessitating the raising of the seat to enable the pilot to see over the edge of the aeroplane. Commercial aviation had made small progress. The Government is endeavouring to educate public opinion, and has arranged weekly excursion trains to encourage people to visit the aerodromes. The Japanese showed increasing preference for British aeroplanes and equipment. -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18690, 22 April 1924, Page 7
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