London, Jan, 26.
Lord Thompson and Mr. Montague, the Air Minister and the Under-Secretary for Air, respectively, yesterday made a trial flight in the first aeroplane officially designed for air surveying.
The Gloster Airctaft Ca. have built the machine for the Aircraft Operating Ca. which will use it an! Northern. Rhodesia to map mense area of unexplored territory. The aeroplane is so constructed that every part of the world will become secoss it survey, since its reserve of power is such that opera-tons to an extent of 99,000 square les are made possible from a single central aerodrome. Its special aerial camera enables enorm-fous areas to be photographed on fa single plate—British Wireless through Reuter
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