AIRCRAFT FOR DOMINION
. TWO NEW MACHINES ARRIVE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Two new Gloster Grebe aeroplanes have arrived at the Wigram aerodrome and will be assembled after the departure of the trans-Tasman fliers. Each machine is fitted with one 385 horsepower air-cooled Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar engine capable of a speed of 150 miles an hour. These are the most up-to-date fighting aircraft in New ZeaInad. In addition a Fairey 111 F, a two-seat-er with a Napier-Lion engine, should arrive before the end of the year, and four Moths on order are expected about the same time.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1928, Page 9
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