Shanghai, Aug. 23.
That Pan American Airways—which holds 45 per cent of. the stock—had not severed connections, with China National Aviation Corporation; that the Chinese pilots were now operating the seventeen big passenger planes on charter and passenger fights inthe north-west, and that, as for as he knew, the sixteen American pilots had definitely left the air for the duration of hostilities, were declared—last night" by the vice-president CNAC, Mr, HM. Bixby.
"The planes," he said, "were flown to Nanking. as soon as trouble Yoomed and since then. there has been a lot of loose talk that the American pilots have been "fying for the Chinese air force. So far as I know that is completely incor-Feet. I know the present where abouts of all of them. A few are in Hankow, a few have left for Manila with their families and others are still in Shanghai.
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