ROBOT PLANES.
British Air Force Has Flight.
FIRST IN WORLD. United Press Assn.—By Telegraph— Copyright. (Received June 26. 1.5 p.m.) LONDON. June 25. The Air Ministry reveals that Britain possesses the first entirely robot aeroplanes in the world. The Air Force has a flight of secretly equipped. wirelessly controlled de Havillands, resembling Moths. These machines, without pilots, take off and attain 100 miles an hour, rise to 10.000 feet, perform difficult manoeuvres, and land safely within ten miles’ radius of the operator. They can be catapulted from ships and brought down on water. At present they are being used as targets.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20650, 26 June 1935, Page 1
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101ROBOT PLANES. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20650, 26 June 1935, Page 1
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