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Show U. S. TAKES LEAD IN IRLHIIAIl GENERAL MANAGER NATIONAL. AIR TRANSPORT MAKES STATEMENT 'Since Beginning Of 1925 There Ha Been Renaissance of Flying Here; More Than 200,000 Passengers Carried Last Year Chicago. The United States now leads the world in aviation, accord-ling accord-ling to Col. Paul Henderson, general .manager of the National Air Transport. Trans-port. The unequivocal statement is based on a nation-wide survey of the Aeronautical Aero-nautical Chamber of Commerce, findings find-ings of which were announced by Col. Henderson, vice-president and governor gover-nor of the organization. The study shows that in tho last year, five and ;one-half million miles were flown, more than 200,000 passengers were carried, and air express in excess of 112 tons was transported by the 290 commercial operators reporting to the chamber. Epitomizing the situation in which aviation found itself at the beginning of 1925, the survey says: "It was under-rated by a few influential officers ,of the army and navy. It was ignored In so far as practical action was concerned con-cerned by leaders in public life; it was regarded askance by business. "But now, in mid-summer, 1926, it may be stated that much of the former reserve in the high commands of the army and navy have disappeared, positive pos-itive and definite attention has been given by the administration and Congress; Con-gress; and finally, with the entrance of responsible men and substantial capital into air transport, the place of aviation in commerce and industry is now very generally recognized. There has been, undoubtedly, a renaissance re-naissance of flying." |