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54° JUNE 20, 1940 to split up our fighter force, which had been built up mainly for home defence. It can now (except for detachments in the Middle East) be kept for its proper duties. On the other hand, the Luftwaffe will now have only one opponent instead of two. But in the next series of operations it will not be working in combination with a land army, for which it had been specially trained. Its next undertakings will have to be across the sea, and so far as the war has gone the Luftwaffe has not shown any great aptitude or relish for that class of work. When working on its own, the only signal suc- cess of the Luftwaffe has been in preventing the Allies from establishing themselves in the southern part of Norway—an operation which was easy because no air opposition was possible. As for the chances of an invasion of this country, a real invasion can only be made if the invaders seize a port of disembarkation and keep open its communica- tions with its base on the other side of the sea. The British Navy is still predominant at sea, and, apart from that, it is not conceivable that German aircraft could seize such a port and hold it against our bombers and our fighters. American Deliveries i ONE immediate result of France's abandonment of?the struggle has been the transfer to Great Britainof all the war material which was on order for France in the United States of America. While we naturally welcome anything which will help to speed up American deliveries, we deprecate the irresponsible stories of huge American outputs which have gained currency recently. In this connection it is well to listen to the reasoned and sane statement of Mr. John H. Jouett, President of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, at the National Aviation Forum on May 29. " Right now," Mr. Jouett said, "you hear talk of airplanes being produced in incredible quantities in a miraculously short time—of airplanes which blacken the sky, hurtling forth to defend the country. The cold, hard fact, however, is that all you will see of American planes in those skies is just what our present, regularly organised, long-established and experienced industry can produce, and no more. Any system, other than orderly industry expansion directed by our own air industry leaders, will fail — and fail miserably." "Flight" copyright drawing. TO AN ITALIAN FORMULA : The Cant Z.1007 three-engined bomber, some particulars of which are given on the following page. This machine is of all-wood construction and was designed by M. Zappata who was responsible for the Ble'riot long-range monoplane which at one time held the world's long-distance record.
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