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.