The share that the Dominions would take in the defence of the Empire if need arose is illustrated by the number of first-class aircraft that are now being supplied to them from Great Britain in order to familiarize their pilots with the fastest bombers and fighters. Thus a number of Hawker-Hurricane 8-gun fighters, which can do 335 m.p.h., and of Bristol-Blenheim bombers have lately been sent to South Africa.
Canada is receiving batches of Hurricanes for fighter training. New Zealand will have received by the end of this year a force of Vickers Wi lington high-performance bombers and a large number of obsolescent but still very valuable military aircraft for the training of pilots. A number of New Zealand pilots have already graduated in the R.A.F. in England. y They wi shortly share in the flying
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