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209. We recommend that Government should give consideration to the flying clubs' appeal for financial assistance, on the basis of the factors we have set out above. We understand that, while provision has been made in the Civil Aviation Estimates for grants to flying clubs, the Director of Civil Aviation has not hitherto been associated with the question. We consider that the Director of Civil Aviation should be responsible for all developments in civil aviation such as this, and that he should be called on to assess the short-term and long-term effects of such a subsidy scheme, and to prepare specific proposals for consideration by Government.