Lieut. Colonel MALONEasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether arrangements can be made for the Vickers-Vimy aeroplane which flew the Atlantic to be placed in the South Kensington Museum with other pioneer examples of locomotion?
§ Major-General SEELYThe machine referred to by my hon. and gallant Friend is the property of a private firm (Vickers, Limited), and 1 have not yet been informed officially whether this firm wish to part with it for the purpose stated. I am asking my right, hon. Friend whether he could arrange for the placing of the machine in the South Kensington or other suitable public museum, in the event of the firm desiring to present it to the nation for this purpose.