AIR FORCE DISPLAY AT HENDON

Southland Times, Issue 23229, 18 June 1937, Page 7

AIR FORCE DISPLAY AT HENDON

FIVE AND A-HALF HOURS OF SPECTACLE (British Official Wireless) (Received June 17, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, June 16. The final arrangements for the Royal Air Force Coronation display at Hendon on Saturday have been made. The King will be present with members of the British and Dominion governments, the whole'Diplomatic Corps and many important service delegations from foreign countries. The number of aircraft taking part will be greater than ever, nearly 500 being engaged. A feature of the display will be new types of aeroplanes recently supplied to service squadrons. Among them are the Bristol Blenheim, a medium bomber with a top speed of about 280 miles an hour at a height of 1400 ft, and the Handley Page Harrow bomber, which has a top speed of 190 miles an hour and carries a much heavier load than the medium bomber class. The flying programme will take five and a-half hours, during which the sky will never be empty. There will be low bombing and dive bombing attacks, aerobatics by single aircraft, by flights and by squadrons, demonstrations of army co-operation duties and the use of “smoke,” and, as a grand finale, a thrilling set piece illustrating methods of attacking and defending a port primarily used for the distribution of food supplies in war.