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1916
1916 - 0335.PDF
APilL 20, IJIO. A DUTCH CIRCUIT, [/jJGHT] SOME time ago it was pointed out in these columns how many small neutral states are beginning to devote a considerable amount of money to the development of an air service. This is only natural in view of the im mense importance aerial warfare has assumed, Besides, even the smallest of countries can afford to buy or build a number of aeroplanes even if they cannot afford an army or a navy. News has been received recently of a Her Majesty the Queen of Holland Inspecting; one of the Dutch military machines. very good start made by Holland, in which country a fair number of machines are already in use. So far as it is possible to learn, the majority of these are of the H. Farman type and are built by the Spyker—or, to put the name in the Dutch spelling, Spijker—works, the Lleuts. Paithe and Cramwinckel, who were the first to arrive at Schevenlngen in the Dutch Circuit In their machine, decorated with a wreath presented by the Spyker works. The machines lined up for the start of the Dutch Circuit. 335
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