HC Deb 11 May 1927 vol 206 c371
20. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the Secretary of State for Air how many privately-owned aircraft there are in Great Britain and Northern Ireland licensed to fly, apart from the aircraft owned by the companies drawing a subsidy from the Government; and how many of these former are light aeroplanes?

Sir P. SASSOON

The number of civil aircraft with valid certificates of airworthiness, excluding those owned by the Air Council, by Imperial Airways, Limited, and by subsidised light aeroplane club companies, is 138: of these, 36 are light aeroplanes.

Mr. KELLY

How many of these are in Northern Ireland?

Sir P. SASSOON

I could not answer that question without notice.