On the other hand, the fact
that the Voisin machine is able to carry a large supply of bombs
renders it an ideal craft for this purpose; hence the official
decision to confine it to this work.
So far as the British efforts in aerial work are concerned there
is no such display of rigid selection as characterises the
practice of the French and German military authorities.
Britain's position in the air has been extensively due to private
enterprise, and this is still being encouraged. Moreover at the
beginning of the war Britain was numerically far inferior both to
her antagonist and to her ally. Consequently it was a wise move
to encourage the private manufacture of machines which had
already established their value. The consequence is that a
variety of machines figure in the British aerial navy. Private
initiative is excellently seconded by the Government
manufacturing aeroplane factory, while the training of pilots
is likewise being carried out upon a comprehensive scale.
British manufacture may be divided into two broad classes--the
production of aeroplanes and of waterplanes respectively.
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