The public learned with interest by paragraphs in the papers
on Friday that on the 20th of this month the Prince of Wales paid a visit to the Royal Flying Corps at Farn- borough and was taken up for half an hour's cruise in the 'Beta' by Major Maitland. He could not have had an abler pilot or one more enthusiastic in his work than the gallant officer in question, nor could the Prince's first flight have been made in a more attractive vessel of the air than the ' Beta.' When Creevey was at Brussels a day or two before the battle of Waterloo, the Duke, pointing to an English soldier, remarked, "It all depends on that article. If only there were enough of it I should feel quite sure." Tbat is what we must say just now of our air-craft. He would be a bold man who said that he was quite sure that we have enough of them.
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