The award of the Johnson Memorial Trophy to Captain E, W. Percival, pilot of the Duke of Kent's machine the King's Cup Air Race, will be cordially approved in aeronautical circles. The specific performance which gained the award was Captain Percival's fight from London to Oran and back ina single day, but it also comes og recognition of his wonderful work for British aviation in the role of both pilot and designer. Several of his machines have triumphed in various races and competitions and it can be truly said that has done more for commercial aviation in England than anybody else in recent years. At a time when most of British aircraft industry is harnessed to the production of millary machines to' meet government contracts commercial needs are apt to be overlooked, giving a false impression of British standards in comparison. with other' countries where greater populations and longer routes have resulted in more intensive commercial development. Captain Percival's machines and the De Havilland Comet which won the Melbourne air race demonstrated that Britain is not backward in design, while the new twin-engined Bristol, built to the order of Lord Rothermere and presented to the Govern ment og an experimental craft, lil another lustration of British capacity in the commercial feld,
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