(British Commonwealth of Nations)
Passage of the Air estimates for $101,479,868 for the year 1925-26 produced a notable speech from Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of Air. Said he, referring to air fighting by the Aery:*
"This revolution is far greater than the revolution produced by the invention of gunpowder in the later Middle Ages, and for a country like ours, which up to a few years ago depended for its defense almost entirely on the sea and its Navy, this revolution means more than to any other country in the world.
"There is no use now in going...
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