"Mr. Clyde Pangborn, noted American aviator and round-the-world fyer, told the United Press yesterday that he thought German planes would have. the. greatest difficulty in an attempted mass air attack upon Britain.
"Mr. Pangborn, who has just finished a two-year job as test pilot for Cunliff-Owen Aircraft Company in testing the company's prototype fying. wing, and is now returning to the Uniled States, said, "From what I have seen of British defences, I think enemy planes attacking in mass formation would have a very difficult job returning home, even if they got across safely, "While it is probably easy to figure out on paper a mass attack on any country, putting these plans into effect is a very different matter. It would be an awkward operation to get a thousand planes over fogefher. To get such a number of bombers off the ground within two hours would require ten airdromes all the same distance from the objective, which would take a whole lot of organizing.
"During the time the planes were manceuvring, they would expose themselves to the risk of attack, while also using up a lot of gasoline, "I have a high opinion of most British military machines, particularly the Spitfires, which are a lot faster than any planes of the same type we had in.the United States when I left two years ago."
When asked regarding his future plans, Mr, Pangborn said he had not given up hope of a non-stop flight around the world, He explained that on such a fight he would fly around the Northern Hemisphere for a distance of some 13,000 miles, using a system of refueling in mid-air—United Press, TODAY at 3. 5. 7. and 9. pin.
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