BRITISH BACKWARDNESS
DU'J TO AIR MINISTRY.. •
(-Received 13th June, noon.)
LONDON, 12th June. The newspaper "Observer" in an editorial examines the American enthusiasm over the recent transAtlan- :- tic flights/and. condemnsßritish backwardness in civil aviation which is attributed to "our oftical refrigerator, otherwise tho Air Ministry, which allowed Lieutenants Cai-r and Gillman to roturn from the Persian Gulf unwelcomed and unhonoured. Our aerial ought to match our'naval reputation, yet other countries do not consider us in the first rank.as a flying nation. Tho Air Ministry's spirit is too military. It imposes cramping restrictions on design and enterprise in civil flying. Out of eighty world's air records, Britain holds not one. Yet orders follow records; for instance, Canada is ordering aeroplanes in the United States."
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 136, 13 June 1927, Page 9
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