Civilian flying in the United States increased 20 per cent. in 1921 over the preceding year, according to a review compiled by the Aconautical Chamber of Commerce for the Department of Commerce at Washington. Twelve hundred aircraft were operated by civilians during the last year.
"In the kast twelve months the aviation has outgrown romance and is now recognized as a practical art," says the review. "The U. 8. Air Mail Service in 1921 made such a record for efficiency on the transcontinental route that it is recognized as a mode] for civilian aerial transport the world over.—Reuter.
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