Extract from the "SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST" of 7th March. 1929.
BRITI H PLANE..
Objects of Great Interest in Canton.
For Tuition Work.
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Canton March 5.
Of the ten light airplanes ordered some months ago
for the use of the Aviation Bureau from the A.V.Roe Company,
Manchester, England, four were delivered to Canton last
Friday, while the rest are already on the way, and are expected
very shortly.
The new planes were immediately unpacked, and as can be
imagined, were objects of great interest to the aviation staff.
The mechanical squad were soon at work on assembling the
machines, and it was hoped to carry out test flights yesterday.
Marshal Li Chai-sum, General Chan Ming-shu and other officials
were invited to witness the trials of the new machines.
These light planes are intended primarily for tuition
work in the Aviation School attached to the Aviation Bureau,
and consequently are equipped with dual controls. They are
fitted with four cylinder engines capable of driving the
planes at 90 miles per hour at a very economical rate of fuel
consumption, and apear to be well suited for school purposes.
It is also intended to use them to carry out further tests
along the proposed air mail routes. Canton Gazette.
AN AERIAL DISPLAY.
On Friday last, the Far East Aviation bomoany delivered
the first four Avro "vian" machines fitted with Cirrus Mark
III engines, to the Canton Aviation Bureau. On Saturday
moming the work of unpacking the machines was carried out;
and the undercarriages were fitted. On the 4th the work of
erecting the planes was started in earnest, and by Tuesday
evening the four machines were practically ready for test.
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