24 NEW PLANES.
Australia Spends £345,000 on Bombers. MODERN WAR MACHINES. United Press :;7S*sn. —By Electric Tel eg-ra r#/-;—-Copy rjg-ht. (Received Mav 7, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 7. The Minister for Defence has announced that twenty-four Seagull V. amphibian planes have been ordered from England, the cost of which landed in Australia is £345 000. These machine? may be catapulted from cruisers or seaplane carriers. They have a speed of 120 miles an hour at 5000 ft, and can dive at the rate of 200 miles an hour. Their range with a full load of bombs is 300 miles.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20298, 7 May 1934, Page 1
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