U.S. Falling Behind Britain Also Lagging Washington, Sept. 8, Thirty new international aircraft performance records established in the past few months by Italy, France and Soviet Russia have relegated the United States to the background, according to the National Aeronautic Association.
Of the 175 established international records, the United States holds nineteen, France leads with 82. Italy second with 33, Russia and Germany have eighteen and seventeen respectivel; Czechoslovakia holds thirteen. records, Great Britain ten, Poland seven, Belgium three, Austria two and Japan one, The association proposed that manufacturers seek 10 keep the majority of landplane and seaplane record performances in this country to "enhance our prestige and retain our export trade,"
That the United States has a long way to go is shown by the fact that of the 27 heavy landplane records, this country does not hold one, and holds only two in the heavy seaplane class.—United Press,
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