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no FLIGHT AUGUST 3RD, 1944 The fighting on the 2nd Army front was not, however, devoid of interest and importance. Pressure on the enemy had to be maintained and his counter-attacks repulsed. This was obviously of prime importance to the Montgomery plan. In this tough fighting a tactical weapon has come into prominence, namely, the rocket- firing Typhoon. It is not exactly a new weapon, but in no previous battle has it played so conspicuous a part. When the 2nd Army found that its armour could not advance against the German anti-tank guns and dug-in tanks it fell back on its rocket-firing Typhoons. They did not, it is true, break up the German defence position straight away, but what the Typhoons certainly did accomplish was to break up a congregation of some 40 German tanks which were mustering in a wood for a counter-attack—a very important service. Civil Aviation B ULLETIN No. 6 of the Tory Reform Committee, issued last week-end, deals with British air trans port policy. It does little more than reiterate the arguments in favour of taking civil aviation away from the Air Ministry, placing it under the peacetime version of the present Ministry of War Transport, if such there be, or else under the Board of Trade should shipping revert to that control; of creating a British equivalent to the American Civil Aeronautics Board; of not limit ing air transport to one '' chosen instrument; and of getting on at once with the production of civil aircraft. We do not favour the handing-over of civil aviation to the Board of Trade in the event of the Ministry .A War Transport reverting to its pre-war title and func tions. There does not appear to be any very logical reason for such a step merely on the grounds that ship ping goes back to the Board of Trade. As for the report's suggestion that the U.S. Civil CONTENTS The Out. 00k - War in the Air - • - Here and There Two Bells - Inefficient Efficiency ? Engine Mountings - - - - - - - No Helicopters for Canadian Bus Lines - Aircraft in Flying Attitudes Behind the Lines International Air Transport European Air Transport - Annular or Tandem ? Correspondence Service Aviation - - - - - - - 109 HI 114 116 118 120 123 124 126 127 129 131 132 133 Aeronautics Board be taken as a pattern for a body to grant authority for route operation, we hesitate !o believe that the Committee has never heard of our own Air Registration Board. That, surely, is the logical nucleus for the post-war years. It should merely be necessary to extend its scope and strengthen its personnel. The Tory Reform Committee appears to be satisfied that all has been done that can be done in the interna tional field at the present time. " The report uses the phrase : " The situation therefore with regard to the in ternational aspect appears to be in hand." That seems to be a little optimistic, and one is inclined to ask "in whose hands? " In this connection we would recommend readers to study two articles in this issue. One is by Dr. Edward P. Warner, the well-known American authority, and the other is an interview with the Inspector of the Czecho slovak Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Janousek. 1 ARMED RECONNAISSANCE : Rocket carrying Beaufighters of the Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force operating over the Western Mediterranean.
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