It will be recalled that the Mission, which visited North America on behalf of the Ministry of Air, was composed of a number of experts, and the recommendations, upon which the Government is now acting, were besed on tests of various types on offer in the United States, carried out both in the air and on the ground, As is known from the statements made in recent air debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the Government, under the Air Expansion Programme, has given orders to the British aircraft indus-
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