§ 40. Sir HARRY BRITTAINasked the Secretary of State for Air whether any experiments have recently been made in this country with engineless gliding planes; if so, have any useful results been recorded; and, if not, will he consider the advisability of giving official encouragement to experimental work with gliders?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Sir Philip Sassoon)As regards the first two parts of the question, I am not aware of any recent gliding experiments. As regards the last part, I am not sure what form of official encouragement my hon. Friend has in mind, but if he is thinking of financial assistance, I doubt very much whether it would be possible to find funds for this purpose without diverting them from other more essential services.