EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)

EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE.

The formation of an Egyptian Air Force under British supervision is in process. Three Egyptian officers are being taught to fly in England, and five others are attached to the Royal Air Force stationed at Abu Sueir. Egypt is realising the importance of the air and the singular suitability of the country from the flying point of view. In addition to the officer pupils, a few civilian Egyptians are undergoing tuition in England. The weather in Egypt is always good for flying, and the long narrow fertile Nilen'e region, clearly marked in the desert, makes it almost an impossibility to lose the course. Great attention is being paid to the development of civil flying, and Sir Ahmed Hassenein Bey, First Chamberlain to King Fuad, a British-taught pilot, is expecting early developments. At the present moment British flying schools have an unusual number of foreign pupils. Many of them haw come to England specially for instruction in flying; others aro taking the opportunity afforded bv temporary residence in this country. At limes a few foreign officers are" under training with the Royal Air Force. The South American Republics are thus represented, as also are some of the smaller European States and Japan.