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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 1832.PDF
• 248 FLIGHT SEPTEMBER 7TH, I944 recent developments in airborne troops. Nothing but a fully equipped Army can stand against them. For '' stepping on a war before it has grown up,'' they are an ideal instrument. They can move with all the speed of bombers, and they can land and investigate the charges or suspicions of incipient aggressive action. If demolitions are needed, the airborne troops can carry them out without any fear of killing innocent civilians by accident. Their operations are likely to be entirely bloodless. Because of all these safeguards against abuse or out rage, the executive council would feel little or no hesi tation in ordering an airborne force to proceed to a cer tain place and take what action was found to be neces sary. Private Ownership P ROBABLY many a hopeful prospective aircraft owner will feel a bit depressed after reading "Indicator" in this week's issue on the subject of private ownership. Very briefly, our correspondent's argument is that for the sake of safety (of those on the ground no less than of those in the air) very high stan dards of airworthiness will have to be maintained after the war; this means expensive inspection and mainten ance ; and these, in turn, spell relatively few private owners of aircraft. From the number of letters/which we receive it is evident that the enthusiasts wWo expect to fly their own small aircraft after the war ape numerous, and one can sympathise with their planaf But nothing is gained, in the long run^byblinding cmeself to facts. And it is, we fear, an-^fidTspurable fa/t that private flying will be increased during the war, and there is little ^rospeft Jbi their coming down for some ^ears after thei cessation of hostilities. Aircraft building r materialsiar§ kely tsbibe in rather short supply for quite nil in all likelihood remain high, that there will be no private flying CONTENTS The Outlook - War in the Air Here and There Sea Otter and Seafire Mosquito Fighter-Bombers Aircraft in Flying Attitudes Topics of the Day Behind the Lines U.S. Naval Airships - Correspondence Sarvice Aviation - - - - - -* - - - - - . - 247 249 252 254 257 263 264 265 266 270 271 after the war. We hope and believe that there will be.. a good deal. But we do incline to agree'with " Indi'r cator'' that for the large majority the type of flying which we used to call private flying, to distinguish it from service and commercial flying, will not be in pri vately owned but in hired aircraft. We on Flight have always held the view that private flying has much more in common with yachting than with motoring. And just as many thousands manage to get a vast amount of enjoyment out of hiring yachts —on the Norfolk Broads, for example—so we believe that after this war great numbers of Service pilots and others will be content with hiring private aircraft. This will not be comparable with private ownership, any more than a hired yacht on the Broads is a substitute for one's own boat in which one can go farther afield, but it will not be a bad second-best. As to the organisation that will be needed to run an aircraft hire service efficiently, there is much room for argument. "Indicator" gives a very good pointer, to which we hope our readers will contribute their views. " BLACK WIDOWS " OVER FRANCE : These Northrop P-6is may well be hailed by the French not as venomous spiders but as Veuves Joieuse*. Fritz is more likely to accept the American meaning. The machines are being used by the American Ninth Air Defence Command under Brig. Gen. Schramm. Another picture appears on p. 274.
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