The italian record, however, has not yet been homologated.
"The aircraft's Pegasus engine and special equipment are of British de-alo and manufacture, The plane used by Figt-It, Adam was the so with slight modifications, as that used by SqLdr, Swain when he broke the world altitude record Jast Autumn, There was a clear sky and prac cally no wind when the ascent began. The attempt was observed by an official representative of the Roy: Aero Club and the height, attained was ofleially communicated to Ministry of Aly by the Club—Reuter.
"Many factors." said M. van Zeeland, "indicate that we are on the threshold of a new period of prosperity, yet reconstruction is more marked in the national than in the {international field and domestic im-Provement in certain countries "is partly artifeiat and due to rearmament. Several nations are still faced. with difieulties, both political and economical, issuing from the last depression. Economic reconstruction being checked by international instability, and international commerce always hindered by restrictions on the movements of capital and. by monetary difficulties. The only solution is the suppression of customs trade barriers."—Havas.
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