AIR PAGEANT
BIG DAY AT HENDON SOME WONDERFUL WORK By Telegraph—Per Press Assr,.—Copyright. Received June 28, 11.5 p.m. (Reuter) LONDON, June 27. A hundred thousand people witnessed the air pageant at Hendon in the presence of their Majesties. Several new types of machines, widely varying in horsepower, demonstrated their uses as fast scouts, troop carriers, huge bombers and aerial ambulances. They performed innumerable manoeuvres, including looping and spiral nose-diving to within a few feet of the ground. The use of wireless between machines in the air was demonstrated during aerial drill by four squadrons of thirty-six machines. THE COMMAND OF THE KING INTERESTING TEST OF WIRELESS TELEPHONY. Received June 28, 11.5 p.m. LONDON. June 28. A feature of the Hendon pageant was that King George tested the wonders of wireless telephony. He ordered a squadron to alter its course fifteen points outward. The message was broadcasted and so was heard by all in the enclosure. The pilots turned in stantly.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19347, 29 June 1925, Page 5
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