[Paul Hare]

Does anyone know whether the pre-war RFC issued press releases about its activities or whether the two journals, Flight & Aeroplane, shared a reporting service as the same details appear in both journals.
Either both report activities around the squadrons for a given week, with identical information, or neither do.
Or is it all just coincidence?

[Robert]

Hi Paul,
I’m no expert on these things, but it looks to me
like it was an official release from the War Office.

[Paul Hare]

Thanks for that. It certainly looks official, where did you find it??

Paul.

[Robert]

Hi Paul,
It’s from ‘Flight’.

The first time ‘Flight’ published the ‘War Office Summary of work’, would appear to
be in it’s 8 March 1913 edition.
It is signed War Office, March 4th (see image).

In the same 8 March edition, under the heading ‘From The British Flying Grounds’,
is ‘Flight’s’ own report on the R.F.C (see images).

I think this answers your question.

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