23, 1939-
WHICH CAN STIFLE
AT ITS
nd
other vital
and the destruc-
by the fighters. he most suitable the latter pur- must take into creasing difficul- ndon and other in this country ters. In fact it that intercep- fighters is more? the bombers are ather than jectives.
ap-
or fighter, with d short range, is suing bombers er the sea. Nor. rrying the air. "s country by s at times when ly vulnerable,
are leaving and
n aerodromes. re developing a ge multi-engine lere seems no ild not do the
-engine aircraft regular and adrons in the en equipped may itable for the e seems little e been provided
in flying multi-
i that it is in- em, as soon as aircraft that
y designed for s light bombers tfighters. CE NEEDED bur minds from
SOURCE
THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BIRD THAT CAN'T FLY. The ostrich is the largest living bird, sometimes as tall as eight feet, with long legs that have plenty of muscle in them. Although they are not able to fly their wings are certainly useful as they provide us with beautiful orna- mental ostrich feathers. They can run as fast as a horse and kick as form at hard as one, too. This striking picture taken at an ostrich Oudtshoorn on the Garden route, 300 miles from Cape Town, South Afri- ca, where some 500 birds are cared for, most of them tame enough to handle.
were threa- attack from shown by
aerodromes in Eastern Germany be so easily attacked.
at in any future jectives in the country n and her allies tened with short-range
a screen of air buses close by is
To-day Herr Hitler probably be- anti-aircraft his speech of April 28.- He arrages, which declared then that M. Pierre Cot, lieves that the German armiës are pletely effective a former French Air Minister, had superior to the land forces of any while other Po- stated that the duty of Czechoslo- Power they are likely to encounter.. lves seriously vakia, in the event of a conflict, He is unlikely to make Napoleon's e inadequate air was to be an aerodrome from which mistake of challenging - British séa heir opponents, it would be possible to destroy the power. In the early stages of a con- to launch their most important German industrial flict it is, therefore, air attack that.
direction they centres in a few hours. "It is, there- Germany has most to fear.
fore, comprehensible," he said, "that their
to envisage. a. the German Government in
r command, pos- turn decided to destroy this aero-
e air striking
f bombers and
and also to en-
drome for bombing 'planes."
SECURING BASES ABROAD Meanwhile Great Britain, in sup- es can operate, port of her undertakings to Poland, their own coun- should not neglect the opportunities ases which will which would be afforded in war by g the greatest to establishing French and British air bases in Poland. The Polish fron- knows the dan- tier is little more than 100 miles rmany would be from Berlin, From no other point! t important ob- could the aircraft factories and
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