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NO ENCOURAGEMENT TO CIVIL
AVIATION
NUT ONE WORLD'S RECORD Ol T
OF EIGHTY
LONDON, June 12. The Observer, in its editorial, examines the American enthusiasm over the recent trans-Atlantic flights, and condemns British backwardness in civil aviation, which is attributed to “our official rerngerator.” otherwise. the Air Ministry, which allowed Lieutenants G'avr and Gillnian to return irom the Persian Gulf umreleomed and unhonored.
''Our aerial reputation ought .to match our naval reputation,” the Observer states. 'Act ’other countries do not consider us a first rank dying nation. The Air Ministry’s pir.t is too military, and imposes cramping restrictions on design and
•-.ternrise m civil hying. Out- of world’s air records, Britain holds not one, yet orders follow records. For instance, Canada is ordering aeroplanes from the United States.”—A. and X.Z.L.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10303, 14 June 1927, Page 5
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