The Archive · 1932

Propaganda by Aeroplane

In Furtherance of Chinese Aviation

Subsequent to the air "drive" over the week-end, a monoplane belonging to the China Aviation Ca., flew over the more prominent sections of: Greater Shanghai and disseminated propaganda in the nature of 100,000 coloured slips of paper, furthering the cause of aviation in China.

The leaflets contained the. following inscriptions Aviation makes the country strong, aviation makes the country wealthy.

The salvation of China depends upon the air force.

Create a glorious aviation history for China: we adore aviators.

Is it impossible to obtain 10,000 aviators from 400,000,000 people, have you the ambition to create an aviation record Do you travel by aeroplane? Young men, you must determine to be aviators. An aviator is x glorious human being.

We are masters of CGhinese air. Aviation construction is a defence against external disgrace. Aviation construction will solve the national crisis.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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