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Asked who is the best British flyer the average U. S. newsreader would probably name Wing Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith. That notion was clubbed into the public mind by headlines far bigger and more numerous than any British airman has since received. It was deepened last year by publication in Liberty of a collection of testimonials by other famed airmen to Kingsford-Smith's prowess. Fortnight ago the foremost British aeronautical editor gave his definition of the foremost British flyer: Harold J. L. ("Bert") Hinkler—like Kingsford-Smith, an...
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