ROYAL AIR FORCE
EXHIBITS IN PARIS GREAT PUBLIC INTEREST GROWTH OF THE SERVICE EXPANSION PROGRAMME By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received November 27, G. 5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Nov. 2G The International Aeronautical Exhibition in Paris was opened yesterday. Reports indicate that crowds of visitors to-day displayed very great interest in the stand of the Royal Air Force, at which a Spitfire —numbers of which are to be produced soon in the large new factory erected by Viscount Nuffield—and a Hurricane aro on view. In addition thoro is an illuminated glass map, on which the routes covered regularly by lloyal Air Force machines aro illustrated pictorially. There are also diagrams and charts depicting tho growth of the Royal Air Force. These show that the number of pilots and airmen lias risen from 31,200 in 1935 to 73,400 in October, 19,'iS. By next June there will bo a strength of about 100,000 men. In first-line aircraft, the number has already been increased from 1015 in 1935 to a figure well in excess of 2000. Expenditure over tho same period has risen from £27,500,000 to £210,000,000. The estimated expenditure for 1939 is £200,000,000.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23206, 28 November 1938, Page 12
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