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well educated and well trained, who can be depended upon to keep their aeronautical equipment in first-class condition. 

  The Royal Air Force has a very high morale among the personnel, and it is very popular in England. The more it is attacked by the army and navy, the more strongly entrenched it becomes on account of the fact that it is delivering the goods. 

  The Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough is organized in very much the same way as our Engineering Section as Dayton.  They have the various physical and chemical laboratories for the testing of materials, and means for the inspection and testing of new equipment.  They have the same "pet" secrets that every one has -- that is, the helicopter, the aerial torpedo, radio control for aircraft, and a few other small things.
  The most striking feature of their research work is the development of wind tunnels.  They have no less than five -- the largest one of which measures fourteen feet on the inside and is capable of taking in 12-foot models.  These wind tunnels are square.  While the British thoroughly realize that measurements in wind tunnels are only relative, they also know that the larger the model being tested the more closely will it approximate actual conditions.  They consider that in the past they have been 

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