§ 29. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Secretary of State for War how many aeroplanes belonging to the Army Air Corps are effective in the sense of having a speed of seventy miles per hour; and how many Army pilots can fly that speed across country?
§ Colonel SEELYThere are five aeroplanes which can fly at seventy miles per hour, and fifteen more are on order which will be capable of similar speeds: several of these are overdue from the contractors. There are twenty-six trained military pilots capable of flying these very fast machines.
§ Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSAre the machines English or foreign?
§ Colonel SEELYI could not give details without notice.
§ 30. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Secretary of State for War whether the Departmental Committee recently appointed by him to consider the question of monoplanes has yet reported; and, if not, whether he can expedite their Report to prevent, us lagging any further behind other nations in the use of these essential weapons?
§ Colonel SEELYThis Committee has not yet reported, but will probably do so very shortly.
§ 31. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked whether we have any guns capable of hitting an aircraft 6,000 feet high?
§ Colonel SEELYIt is not considered advisable in the public interest to give any information on this subject.