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1926
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FEBRUARY 4, 1926 SIR HARRY BRITTAIN'S FLIGHT IN AUSTRALIA ALMOST every day one sees further use being made of air- craft as a means of efficiently and quickly fulfilling certain missions—but even so we feel convinced that business and professional men could considerably extend this use if only thev would appreciate the advantages and possibilities awaiting them in the employment of aircraft. >• As a case in point, Sir Harry Brittain, M.P., a Director of D. Napier and Son, Ltd., has recently returned from a tour Thus, he was able to see more of the country—and thereby obtain a considerable amount of data—in that one day than the other delegates could have seen in weeks. For his flight Sir Harry started from the headquarters of the Royal Australian Air Force, Point Cook aerodrome, 15 miles from Melbourne. Incidentally, this aerodrome is ideally situated as it is right on the sea where seaplanes also operate. He used one of the R.A.A.F. D.H. 9's (240 h.p. SIR HARRY BRITTAIN'S AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT: Our illustration shows, on the left (top), Sir Harry Brittain, M.P., about to start on his recent aerial tour of Victoria from Point Cook aerodrome. On the right he is seen on his arrival at Ehuca with the Mayor (third from right) and his daughter (extreme left), and his pilot (centre), F/O. B. E. Wilson, R.A.A.F. Below is a view of Sir Harry's D.H.9, taken from another machine whilst flying at 2,000 ft. near the Mountains of Ararat. of the world in connection with the third Imperial Press Conference. While Sir Harry was in Australia, where this conference was held, he read a paper on " Inter-Empire Air Communications," and of course took the opportunity of studying the air communications existing in that country. Naturally, he was somewhat restricted as to time, so he gladly availed himself of an opportunity of a flight round Victoria, and in one day he covered approximately 700 miles. £3 13 Governor of Punjab On January 25 Sir Malcolm Hailey, Governor of the Punjab, flew from Lahore to Rawal Pindi in a D.H- 9A biplane, Siddeley " Puma "), and was piloted by Flying-Officer B. E. Wilson, R.A.A.F. During his tour of Victoria he passed over Geelong, the Ararat Mountains, Bendigo, a big mining town, to Ehuca on the borders of New South Wales, and Victoria. The Australian Air Force at the present moment is com- posed chiefly of gift machines, although latterly newer types have been purchased, among which may be mentioned the Supermarine-Napier " Seagull " amphibian, a number of which are being despatched during the next few weeks. and thus commenced an aerial tour of this district—the first time an Indian Provincial Governor has employed an aero- plane for official duties. m Let us hope the habit will spread. £ 62
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