AMERICA IN THE AIR.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 232, 1 October 1925, Page 9

AMERICA IN THE AIR.

AS OFHCEE'S CRITICISM. COMPARISON WITH BSETADf. tEeceiveu 2.30 p.m. WASHINGTON, September 30. CoL W. Mitchell continuing his testi- ; mony at the Air Board inauirv,' derlnred that the dispatch of the diri-' phk Shenandoah on an interior voyage ' CDnstdtiiied a criminal violation of the Federal law. providing that air operators : orarknd should be controlled by the army air service, and not by the 'naw. ! and by experienced nying officers. Colon-:'! Mitchell said he was not critirisiig the men aboard the Shenandoah. : but ihe non-Sying. bungling amateurs controlling the flight. Ihs Shenandoah carried no parachutes. -j-Mnh was like sending a ship to sea Ttß&ont Efeboats and rafts. He believed Hmt the Shenandoah was sent on a iii,>j>pg?-nfia mission. The'destruction of the old battleship ' Washington in 1924 was done by water I ekrees. though ostensibly the * exhibi- j tion teas staged to show the destructive | power cf aeroplanes, which were not • tßowed to attack, giving the impression ! thit a ship was impervious to an air! saaalt. Colonel Mitchell declared that England j sferthewsr effected a unified air force. ! vlich is now efficient, havinsr the best ■ TBEtdt aad the fastest service '] _____*_* world. England is making | BflEtaEt improvements. Other air officers following- Colonel j 3Etchsll, emphasised the inadeqnacv oi ; equipment and the need for a separate ! tea—(A and N-Z. Cable.) !