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CANADA D Time To Plan. _ "It is important to know whether many of these routes are going to he British air reutes or not," he P ffl said. "If they are going to he, we'd better start talking about. it now and planning for it. One of the tragedies after the last, war was the failure to utilize the British air force because of the absence of plan- ning. Twenty thousand airplanes were dissipated and skilled person- Col. George Drew Urges rel scattered. When this war ends, . this magnificent. personnel will not. Canadians fo Prepare he scattered it plans are made for Postwar P r o g r e S s whereby they are absorbed into com- mercial flying. Our men are capable Canadians were urged )csteiday ot going anywhere now." tn prepare for Canada's future in Ltfol. Brelw spoke-aha luncheon commercial aviation. Lt.-Col. George ggfgllnygmok 2fto,1iis1c),1,onnit/i" "I: a. fe.',':,:'],',,.',.'.,':',;.')').:, 1:018?" inbthe B'VHerridze was elected president ntarto egts a urc, .o t mom crs of the association with A. o. Th ' of the Canadian 1mporiers and secretary-treasurer. Members ofmtiig Traders' Ast,oc'itttiott that because executive elected are: J. C. Adams of geographical andphysical reasons E. C. Burgess. W. D. Bates, M. if. "Canada can and will emerge as the Centner. F. E. Hertha. J. C. W. 3mm: :WEC'ftPfh a; ten"?,""" for Irwin, T. Oakley, F. J. Redmond, H. e W100 rt is nipll'('. A. Gilhert, .. 1 . s In an impressive review of past Storms. 'ihfjid1"iia,ispil"sEivd: and future flying, he pointed out, that with present developments in aerodynamics, motors and flying skill. Canadian cities were strategi- cally located to provide 48-hour-orr ' less transportation by air to such) cities as Moscow, Chungking, Mel- bourne and other world centres. I "Ot great concern lo Canadians) ls the fact that 90 per cent. of thez world's population is north of the, equator, and Canada is at the cross)? roads of the great air routes of thel World." he said. He pointed outi that. both in Britain and the United ; States airline concerns were already f planning for the postwar period,; and declared Canada should do so' " once. l Set Freight Pace. l Before the war. he maintained,} Canada was the greattret freight! carrying nation in the world so far as airlines were concerned, with' mines in Quebec. Manitoba, Ontario, British Columbia and other districts creating a high-pay demand for heavy commercial aircraft. which) . could not. be equalled anywhere else. i . Pioneer bush pilots had "learned what air could do to overcome dis- tance under trying conditions faced by few fliers even in transatlantic flights," he said. and this experi- ence stood them in good stead when . the war broke out. Many new occu- .' pied key positions in not only com- mercial air lines, but also in the transatlantic services, Col. Drew de- clared. Canadians "have a great herit- age of flying under adverse con- ditions which has now paid high dividends in opening up the North and in the Air Training Plan in Canada, which is now the back- bone of the bombing raids on Gets many," he said. "By the time this war is over, it. will be a safe, easy ' flight. from Montreal, Toronto or Winnipeg to Moscow, Bombay or Chungking." After the war, future peace must depend to a great extent on aerial , . supremacy, he went on, pointing out that "any commercial machine may be used for bombing." There must be co-operation in air development between the United States and Britain, along with China and Russia, but Britain and the United States must lead the . . way since they were providing ma- chines and reserves ot skilled air personnel which "will be translated into terms of world girdling com- mercial air routes after the war is over," he said.