Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), Monday 12 October 1953, page 3


'Bargain Rate' For Entering Jets

SYDNEY. October 11.

The Minister for the Navy and Air (Mr. McMahon) said tonight that the £50,000 spent by the RAAF to enter

'he Australia Canberra jet bombers in the LondonChristchurch air race was a 'bargain rate' for the results achieved. 'It was only a quarter of the cost of one jet,' he said.