HC Deb 14 December 1911 vol 32 c2537
Mr. JOYNSON-HICKS

asked how many of the twelve effective aeroplanes owned by the British Army can fly sixty miles per hour without the aid of a following wind; and how many are of the old box-kite type of biplane which are unsafe in a strong wind?

Colonel SEELY

The answer to the first part of the question is two, to the second, none.