BRITISH AVIATION.
OTHER COUNTRIES AHEAD. COMMERCIAL FLYING BOOM. A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON. Jan. 27. The Director of Civil Aviation, Sir Sefton Brancker, speaking at Manchester, said: "Britain does toot possess the air sense. America and Germany in 1927 flew 6,000,000 miles in regular service, while Britain "flew 1,500,000. "We are lagging behind because the people do not realise the enormous possibilities of commercial aviation, also because Government assistance was restricted while the industry was not paying its own way." Nevertheless, he urged Manchester to prepare for a boom in commercial aviation. NEW TORPEDO BOMBER. BRITISH TRIALS SUCCEED. A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON. Jan. 27. The Air Ministry has completed successful trials of the Handley-Page torpedo bomber, which is equipped with the slotted wing safety device. The plane has a single engine ot 450 horse-power and gives a speed of 140 miles an hour, carrying a torpedo. It can be equipped to alight on land, on water, or on the deck of a ship.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19857, 30 January 1928, Page 9
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