EXPLOITS IN MOROCCO.
BRITISH AIRMAN’S EXPERIENCES. The exploits of Major de Havilland, the Bristol aeroplane p'ilot, arc sharing the public attention in Spain with the Moroccan operations. Upon the outbreak of hostilities the journal La Libcrlad, of Madrid, immediately obtained the use of a Bristol Tpiurer, under the pilotage of Major dc Havilland, and dispatched their war correspondent to the scene of operations. After a lengthy flight the machine reached the aerodrome upon which they had intended to alight, only to find the whole place occupied by the enemy. Flying ten feet from the ground the pilot circled around their positions, scattering the enemy in all corrections, and then, after a further flight of 120 miles across the sea, landed safely in America. Next morning the machine was haek in Madrid, and the correspondent was able to bring off the biggest news “scoop” of its kind in Spanish history. The distance covered in twenty-four hours was probably about 1000 miles.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14770, 8 October 1921, Page 3
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