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IN CIVIL AVIATION. HOLDS NO RECORDS. THE “OBSERVER’S'’ CRITICISM. BY CABLE-PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 11.50 a.m. to-day. LONDON, June 12. The “Observer,” in an editorial, examines the American enthusiasm over the recent trans-Atlantic flights and condemns British backwardness in civil aviation, which is attributed to “our official refrigerator,” otherwise the Air Ministry, which allowed Carr and Gill man to return from the Persian Gulf unwelcomed and unhonoured. “Our aerial ought to match our naval reputation,” the “Observer” states, “yet other countries do not consider us in the first rank as a flying nation. The Air Ministry’s spirit is too milita.ry, and imposes cramping restrictions on design and enterprise in civil flying. Out of eighty world’s air refolds, Britain holds not one. Yet orders follow records; for instance, Canada is ordering aeroplanes from the United States.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 June 1927, Page 9
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136BACKWARD BRITAIN Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 June 1927, Page 9
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