FOSTERING AVIATION

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 3 November 1926, Page 5

FOSTERING AVIATION

DEVELOPMENTS IN GERMANY STATE EXERCISES CONTROL FAR-REACHING ACTIVITIES. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPY RIGH V. LONDON, Noy. 1.. How Germany hais made giganticstrides. in commercial aviation until the whole <oi Northern Europe is virtually monopolised by German machines under a single State-controlled organisation, is revealed by Brigadier-General Percy Giove,si in the Daily Express. The writer emphasises that the German aircraft industry is flourishing because, in addition to supplying Europe, German machines are flying m Holland, Sweden. Russia. Turkey, lei«ia, Afghanistan, China,, Japan, Mexico Brazil, Austria and Argentina. The tentacles of German air transport are reaching out from Moscow, Kabul and Vladivostok to Peking. The driving force behind this colossal expansion is money and propaganda. During the year 1925-26 the Government subsidy amounted to a quarter of a million sterling. German aviation is supported by direct and indirect grants from the States, cities and towns, many of which have presented aerodromes. Blanks, oil and shipping interests all contribute. The whole aviation scheme is administered toy the Ministry of Transport, and in addition there is a supreme council supervising aerial organisations such n.s flying clubs, flying schools and air leagues and council®.Tlieir composition indicates that .both commercial and civil aviation is- to be fostered as fully a,s possible and it has a military significance also because the War Office ,a,nd army commands are directly represented. The aetiv.it,c ■ ’ elude the organisation and use of the Press, platform, poster, cinema and other channels for propaganda.