IF the defence cuts reveal that two new aircraft carriers will be built, but that there will be no aircraft to fly off them for some time, perhaps the Ministry of Defence should bring back the Second World War Fairey Swordfish biplanes – like the ones which attacked the Bismarck.
Kenneth Stoves, Ormesby, Middlesbrough.
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