In opening the meeting the Chairman said Major Wylie requires no introductionfrom me He is a very old friend of mine, and when I was in charge of metalconstruction at the Air Ministry he was my right hand He is an engineer ofexceptional ability and has made many outstanding inventions Since the War hehas carried on his good work in the development of metal aircraft, and has alsoapplied the ideas derived from metal aircraft, to other engineeringconstructions

All developments of engineering in any one branch make improvements in otherbranches possible, for instance, the knowledge obtained from the construction ofaircraft has greatly improved automobiles, and, as Major Wylie is going to showyou to-night, it has greatly improved portable structures, not only foraircraft, but for other things I now have much pleasure in calling upon MajorWylie