HC Deb 22 February 1939 vol 344 c383W
Lieut.-Commander Fletcher

asked the Secretary of State for Air why the survey flight along the route to West Africa was not undertaken in a British machine?

Captain Balfour

This survey flight was carried out in a foreign-built aircraft comprising one of the standard air liners of British Airways, the Company responsible for the flight. The Company had no suitable British aircraft available.