Some 5,000 visitors, representing about 50 countries, attended the exhibition of aeroplanes, engines and accessories arranged at Hatfield Aerodrome last month ty the Society of British Aircraft Constructors. The guests spent several hours in examining the exhibits, among which only a few of the latest military machines were roped off to prevent too close as inspection of types which are stil partly secret.
The rest of the 37 aeroplanes were available for the visitors to examine thoroughly and full advantage was taken of this facility. Most of the visitors returned to Hatfield later to see the new machines in the a As an exhibition the display was fully comprehensive. revealing the whole range of military machines from the latest Gloster fighter and the new high-speed training aircraft, seen for the first time at Hendon recently, tó the big bombers like the Handley Page Hampden and the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. The Hawker Hurricane fighter, which attracted so much attention a year ago, was again on view and with its bomber counterpart, the Hawker Henley., was the subject of much interest. The new Blackburn dive-bomber and the Fairey Battle medium bomber had not been released by the Air Ministry fcr exhibition, but throughout the day there was an interested assembly outside the pen or the Fairey P4 light bomber which has lines similar to those of the Battle
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