... By Our Flying Correspondent A GREAT deal of thought is being devoted to planning the future, and especially the future of aviation. But on one subject thought seems to be confused, and that is the fate of the rapidly multiplying aerodromes which are now scattered all over this country. It is a common cause or compramt tnai these aerodromes are often established on first-class agricultural ...

... WHEN beef is mentioned, the word is usually associated with the Argentine, the United States or Australia, but these photographs remind us that there are large cattle-ranches in Canada. On the grass of the flat districts, enormous herds of cross-bred and pedigree cattle are main tained. The Hereford breed is one of the most popular, from its large size and sturdy character. For many years, ...

... IT is good news that the Minister of Agriculture is to open discussions with representatives of farm workers, farmers and landowners about rural housing. The matter should have been tackled long ago. 1 ne war years nave seen a spectacular im provement in almost everything to do with British agriculture except unbelievably the- housing of the workers on which the future must turn. Unless good ...

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... aricf THE figures on the production of wheat, hogs and so on that Professor Scott- Watson was able to give on his return from U.S.A. were so great that it is impossible to relate them to anything which the ordinary person can visualise. This is one of the difficulties of our understanding the vast scale of American expenditure on production. The usual trick is to talk about a line drawn three ...

... THE GIRLS WHO ARE NOW AIDING IN THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE OF LONDON REVIEWED BY THEIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, GENERAL SIR FREDERICK PILE, in the new warm winter clothing with which they have just been issued r)n Sunday night last London's long spell of immunity from bombing was broken when German aircraft again raided the capital, as a reprisal for the R.A.F. bombing of Berlin. Women are now ...

... BRITISH PARATROOPS AFTER ONE OF THEIR EXPLOITS These men have just returned from a drop on Depienne and are resting in the afternoon sunshine near Beja. Tough, well-trained troops of this type have been playing a large part in the Tunisian operations, as described in an article on pp. 1 10-11 1 of this issue A PARATROOP SERGEANT BUSILY ENGAGED IN CLEANING UP after the Depienne sortie. He is ...

... The R.A.F. takeover CAPTURED LIBYAN AIRFIELDS STACKS OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES piled up at the edge of the airfield at Marble Arch, to the west of Jedabia. Working parties removed these from the landing-ground at this point before advanced R.A.F. aircraft arrived to take it over to continue their offensive against Rommel ANTI-TANK MINES GATHERED BEHIND BARBED WIRE AT MARBLE ARCH Step by step the ...

... Two Liberator aircraft of the R.A F. Coastal Command have just helped to break up and disperse a powerful U-boat pack which was massing to attack an important convoy from the United States to Britain during its passage across the Atlantic. In under nine hours the Liberators sighted thirteen U-boats and attacked eleven: two of them were probably sunk as a result: several others were damaged and ...

... And Two Other Special Drawings in Illustration of the Never-Ceasing Work of the Royal Navy The Admiralty communique which gave details of the action depicted in Mr. Dawson's drawing runs as follows: A large German vessel, attempting to run the blockade, heavily laden with raw materials for Ger many, has been intercepted by our patrols and sunk in the Atlantic. The enemy vessel was sighted by ...

... The highway of fashion BY M. E. BROOKE The Gala Powder Box is always appreciated by travellers, as it is very economical to use. An illustration of the same appears above. It is fitted with a little hole and cork which renders it spill-proof, so that it may be carried in a bag with complete safety. The powder is made in nine shades to tone with Gala lipsticks they have the same name shades. ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Cluttery Is it a fact or a fiction that the tendency to clutter up aircraft with odds and ends increases with increasing age? The older an officer the more anxious he appears to be to load down the machine with numerous accessories and with additional ammu nition and equipment and the less interested is he in the aircraft's air performance. It is after all a human ...