BRITISH AIRCRAFT
SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION • • i 1 DEFENCE PLAN PROGRESS British Wireless RUGBY, Not. 8 Referring in a speech to the development of air defences, Viscount Swinton, Secretary of Air, said the British aircraft industry had always been second to none in design. Until now it had never had a real and great opportunity of production. In time of war the motor industry would have to concentrate a greater part of its activities on aircraft production. Already, within a year, that plan for increased production had proved a complete success. They not only had these great factories established, but were turning out the most complicated engines that the world could produce. INCREASE IN PROFITS IMPERIAL AIRWAYS' YEAR LONDON, Nov. 3 The net profits of Imperial Airways for the year were £68.300 higher than last year, being £134,735. The number of passengers carried on regular services totalled 60,367, compared with 62,777 last year.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22878, 5 November 1937, Page 11
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