London, July 8, The recent fights of the German airship Hindenburg over English tetritory were discussed In the House of Commons to-day, when the Under-Secretary of State for Aln, Sir Philip, Sassoon, revealed that the question lad been taken up with the German Government.
The subject was raised as a sequel to the "incident" attending the passage of the Hindenburg over English territory on July 5, on her return to Germany from the "United States, When she is alleged to have flown over Southampton Docks, the aero: plane and speedboat works in Southampton Water, the new aerodrome at Brighton, and the Royal. Tank Corps station at Lydd, in Kent, Mr, S.V.T, Adams, Conservative member for West Leeds, drew the attention of the House to-day to the fact that the Hindenburg had, on two occasions within a fow weeks, flown over Leeds at a ow altitude. He asked whether it was the policy of the British Government to allow foreign aircraft to fly low over Bri fain, without ad) to a specified Foule and flying at a reasonable altitude, 'Atter saying that the matter had been taken up with the German Government, Sir Philip Sassoon declared that, in' accordance with the Anglo-German Air Convention, there was fan understanding with Germany that the Hindenburg and the Graf Zep-behn would avoid fying over Bri-{ain unless they were forced to do so by urgent necessity of navigation, There was no right under the Convention, he declared, for an airship on a regular service to fly over the country. Under the Convention, each subject to the proviso that special formal permission had to be obtained the operation of a regular air Plane Narrowly Escapes trial TO HE Moe, WAL
London, July 9.
Piquancy to the agitation over the recent Mights of the German airship Hindenburg over English territory is ent by a statement. in' the journal "The Aeroplane," that a Royal Air Force pilot, while practising blind fying, narrowly avoided ramming the lant dirigible during one of—the Hindenburg's flights over England, 'The plane concerned, according to the journal, contained an_instructor and pupil. 'The airmen had taken off from the' R.A.F. aerodrome at Midlands and were flying through a cloud when the instructor saw something, large and Gark ahead.
Seizing the controls, he put the machine into a steep dive and. save the windows in the gondola of the dirigible Mosh by as he missed the dirigible by only a few feel—Reuter,
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