AERIAL DEFENCE
GIFT MACHINES FOR AUSTRALIA. MANNED BY AUSTRALIANS. PILOTS IN TRAINING. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON. August 6. •Nothing has been decided regarding the types of the hundred aeroplanes, which* Britain is giving to Australia. It is understood that the delay is due to the lack of hangars. Fifty Australian pilots and observers are still in England, studving the latest manufacturing methods. It is honed that the Government's air policy will be announced sufficiently early to enable them to choose as to continuing in the Australian Air Service or returning to civil life. It is understood that Mr Hughes indicated that all positions in the Air Service must be held by Australians. The announcement has given the utmost satisfaction. It is admitted that if the future of the air defence includes airships and balloons the most economical method will be to secure English instructors temporarily.
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Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14133, 9 August 1919, Page 8
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147AERIAL DEFENCE Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14133, 9 August 1919, Page 8
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