I think it is high time some new transport plane not only got to the board but also got into prototype.
A big transport plane, used continuously, would fly round the world probably in a week.
I would call his attention to the need for a transport plane.
As a matter of fact, we have tried conversion of one of our bombers into a transport plane.
I do not believe that transforming a bomber into a transport plane is the most economical way of producing a transport plane.
We were also told yesterday, and in reply to questions to-day, that we have converted one bomber to a transport plane.
There is a strong rumour in my constituency that they have had ready for a year the designs of a magnificent post-war civil air transport plane.
But anyone who knows that machine and knows something about its development knows the enormous amount of money involved in the development of any transport plane.
