Other methods for operating At-antic air services have gone through important preliminary stages. Landplanes capable of cruising at more than 200 m.p.h.-have been thoroughly tested, and will take part in trial flights during 1938.
The curious Mayo composite aircraft, in which a small heavily loaded seaplane is launched in mid-air from the back of lightly loaded "porter" plane is ready for the crucial launching trials that will decide whether or not this ingenious method of combining long range and big pay load in one and the same aeroplane is feasible.
Marked Growth of Exports In view of the enormous demands of the Service, it is doubly satisfactory that British exports of aircraft and material have made a new record.
For the eleven months ending on November 30, the value of them was £3,407,559, as compared with £2,678,- 268 in the same period of 1936, and £2923138 for the whole twelve months of that record year.
Preoccupations with Royal Air Force expansion have left little time for spectacular feats, but in a field which perhaps demands the highest technical skill—height attained in a heavier-than-áir alreraft—a Royal Air Force pilot, flying a British monoplane designed for high-flying experiments, far surpassed all previous flights:
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