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       2023-05-15T19:00:35Z
       
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       _The Evening Post_, 16 May 1923:THE HELICOPTER PRIZESPrizes totalling £50,000 for the successful operation of a helicopter flying machine have been offered by the British Air Ministry… The problem of the helicopter has been attacked with an energy which many people think could better have been directed towards a more useful end… at this stage little prospect of the helicopter becoming a glowing success.…https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230516.2.29#OnThisDay #OTD #NewZealand #PapersPast #LawCourts #Helicopters