SCOPE TO BE EXTENDED
EMPIRE AIR DAY
HENDON DISPLAYS TQ O§ASE
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received January- 21, 2 p.m.)
RUGBY, January 20,
The decision to discontinue forthwith the annual Royal Air Force displays at Hendon in favour of the development of an Empire Air Day as a link between the public and the Royal Air Force is announced by tHe Air Ministry.
The statement explains that the rea» sons for the Air Council's decision in> elude the unsuitability of Hendori Aerodrome or of any other ground fort the high-speed manoeuvres of modern service aircraft and the undesirabilityj of diverting the energy of the Aitf Force from regular operational trairf-* ing, to which the Hendon .display wasi formerly—before recent developments' in power and speed—the normal and proper culmination.
The Air Council intends fully t»maintain, and as far as the exigencies, of the service permit, to extend the* scope of Empire Air Day.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 17, 21 January 1938, Page 10
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