Choice Of Aircraft
Sir, —May I inform “Wing Span” that, far from wanting the correspondence on the choice of aircraft closed, my letter originally read, “it is to be hoped that you will not cut this correspondence off in its prime,” but for some reason the printer seems to have substituted “just” in place of “not.” I regret that your correspondent is unable to tickle our ribs with his funny story, but in any case, it would be going back pretty far, and we live in the present, not the past, a fact which “Wing Span” might profitably bear in mind. In conclusion, may I recommend to his attention the recently published autobiography of Sir Miles Thomas, former chief of 8.0.A.C., “Out On a Wing,” which reveals why 8.0.A.C. found it necessary to purchase American planes and contains some unpalatable facts regarding British aircraft and the industry in general.—Yours, etc., AMUSED.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30901, 6 November 1965, Page 14
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151Choice Of Aircraft Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30901, 6 November 1965, Page 14
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