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61.  What the future holds for Japan in an aeronautical way is, of course, a question.  The creation of a suitable military aviation depends primarily on having a personnel which is capable of standing losses in the air.  Only a few countries have this characteristic.  The Chinese, for instance, who make very good pilots and excellent mechanics, are incapable of developing a great military aviation because the spark or element of patriotism which causes the willingness to give up life for his country, is absent, and until a form of government is adapted by the Chinese which will be looked up to and respected by her fighting classes, an efficient military aviation cannot be produced.  On the other hand, Japan is capable of standing losses.  One can be sure that her pursuit aviation will stand as heavy losses as any other whether she would accomplish as much in proportion as other powers is another matter.  This would be a function of training and of the proper handling of her air forces.

62.  As things stand, it takes no longer to teach Japanese to fly than it does Anglo-Saxons.  Naturally, they are not so conversant with mechanical arrangements and their minds are not molded into

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