Wonderful New Machines on Exhibition at Hendon London, June 30.
The annual Royal Air Force dis-lay at Hendon to-day i of RAL, charities afforded six hours of thrills to thousands of spectators; 200 machines took part in the Sisplay.
King George and Queen Mary, King Alfonso of Spain, and most of the members of the present, The giant twenty-ton three-engine plane Inflexible, with under-ear riage wheels seven feet high and an enormous wing expanse, was hibited side by side with the tiny Tiger-Moth which could fit with the Inflexible's under-carriage, Freakish petrodactyls and. nosed Bulldog Jupiter single-seaters gave a slow-flying demonstration, while Moth planes with slotted wings and Siskin single-seaters, which take off like a shot from a gun, were particularly striking.
All kinds of evolutions were carred out, including the formation of the Prince of Wales feathers by three squadrons of planes.
The biggest hair-raiser, culled "threading the needle", was performed by a huge revolving circle of machines, through the middle of Which another squadron di formation from @ great height, The "actual warfare" was speci Jy fascinating, It included massmanquvres against troops and tanks with a plane hovering above fan enemy gun-emplacement. and the observer directing by wireless hiv own gunners. The orders were heard by the spectators, who saw the hell-bursts gradually creeping nearer till the emplacement was destroyed.
"The final event was an attack on an il refinery which was blown up in & most spectacular manner, King Alfonso Promoted
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