§ Mr. SANDYSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will state what previous experience of aviation and of aeroplane construction any of the officers of the Army Aircraft Factory have had prior to their appointment; and whether such factory has ever turned out an aeroplane equal in effectiveness to those turned out by private constructors in this country?
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§ Colonel SEELYThe staff of the factory have been selected on account of their training in the branches which they have to supervise. The factory is at present only making an aeroplane for experimental purposes in connection with the advisory committee on aeronautics. It has repaired and reconstructed damaged aeroplanes.