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44. Q. Do you believe the personnel situation would be sufficiently improved and the service made sufficiently attractive by the creation of a separate Air Force to enable this new Force to attract and hold an adequate number of personnel of a satisfactory type to meet our present and possible future needs?

A. Yes.

45. Q. What is the present condition of the aircraft industry?

A. An inadequate number of airplane manufacturers are struggling along on the verge of bankruptcy. There is no fostering policy formulated or possible of formulation under present conditions. No unified policy is possible under the present multiple control. This control is in the hands of numerous Bureaus and Services jealous of or hostile to each other and as far as the responsible parties are concerned, often hostile to aviation itself. 

46. Q. How can this condition be improved?

A. By making someone responsible for improving it. 

47. Q. Does the present organization effect a dangerous division or our Air Forces?

A. Yes.

48. Q. Is there a duplication of the functions assigned to our various Air Services and Bureaus?

A. Yes

49. Q. In the light of past experience and future developments, how long should be taken to complete the training of the individual pilot, assuming that an adequate supply of material was on hand?

A. About nine months

50. Q. How long would it take to complete the training of a war strength group, as a unit, after it had received its quota of trained pilots?

A. About three months.