Aeroplane Output
Lord Beaverbrook's broadcast last Sunday was announced (by its author) as being " an account of the state of our nefer planes," but roughly half of it was devoted to a eulogy of the._ achievements of the men that fly the aircraft—no Pry' bestowed in that quarter could exceed the merit—and the expression, equally timely, of the hopes raised by the wave of comradeship for Great Britain raised in the American nation. on that, indeed, Lord Beaverbrook went so far as to venture the surmise, " perhaps we shall be joined together again." Perhaps, but there are unions more practicable and more enduring than fusion, and that provide less occasions for friction. The right relationship will work itself out .in the co-operation the United States is offering and making actual. It would be altogether unwise to try to determine its shape and character in advance, and Lord Beaverbrook was careful not to do that. His report of the state of the aircraft industry was reassuring, and he paid generous tribute to one or two unknown men in his Ministry whose work had especially entitled them to public appreciation. All, or practically all, the new types of aircraft which are coming into production now of course originated long before Lord Beaverbrook's time, for the time-lag between the decision to adopt a certain type and its production on an operational scale s considerable. Lord Beaverbrook would, no doubt, be the first to admit that, but he can pretty certainly claim with justice that his efforts have abbreviated the time-lag substaatially.
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