Britain appears to have won decisively the first round in the now battle "with Germany—fo produce the fastest and bes? all-round fighter, writes an air expert. The success of RAF. offensive sweeps over the Channel during the past fortnigh® revealed the amazing superiority of the new Hurricanes and Spitfires over the much-boosted new ME.18 which the Germans had claimed to be the fastest machine in the world and capable of attaining higher alfitudes than any other aircraft.
This still leaves the RAF. with couple of cards in hand in advance fof even the latest Spitfires and Hur-Pleanes, the writer " asserts, This means that unless German designers have struck something of a sufi elently revolutionary character, hie adds, Nazi fighters are likely to have 'a very lean time when the Typhoon or Tornado do enter upon upon operational duties.—Reuter.
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