Editing Air Ministry (section)

===1927–1929===
His time at the Air Ministry was marked by several important developments that were to confirm the status of the Royal Air Force as a separate entity, play a part in the growth of civil aviation and to develop the awareness of the public about aviation.

An early priority for [[Sir Hugh Trenchard]], [[Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Air Staff]] 1919–1930, was to establish the officer cadet training college at Cranwell as a permanent establishment. It was Hoare's job to negotiate with the Treasury for the necessary funds. After much resistance Hoare managed to include a provision for permanent buildings in his estimates for 1929. The foundation stone of the [[Royal Air Force College Cranwell]] was laid in 1929 and formally opened in 1934.<ref>Cross J.A. (1977) ''Sir Samuel Hoare: A Political Biography''. London: Jonathan Cape {{ISBN|0-224-01350-5}} pp.99–100</ref>

Trenchard had conceived the idea of a university air officer training corps, a sort of Territorial Army for the R.A.F. Hoare and particularly his well connected Parliamentary Private Secretary the academic Sir Geoffrey Butler, then created [[University Air Squadrons]], at Cambridge University then at Oxford University in October 1925, without, however the militarism of the Officer Training Corps and in close collaboration with scientific and engineering work of the Universities.<ref>Cross J.A. (1977) ''Sir Samuel Hoare: A Political Biography''. London: Jonathan Cape {{ISBN|0-224-01350-5}} p.99</ref>

The Air Ministry was also responsible for civil aviation. Early on Hoare set up the Civil Air Transport Subsidies Committee under the Chairmanship of Sir Hubert Hambling to look at the system of subsidies to competing air lines. They reported in February 1923, favouring a single commercial company to run Britain's air routes. In March 1924 [[Imperial Airways]] was created from a merger of the four largest airlines.<ref>Cross J.A. (1977) ''Sir Samuel Hoare: A Political Biography''. London: Jonathan Cape {{ISBN|0-224-01350-5}} p100</ref>

The third aspect of Hoare's time at the Air Ministry (after the R.A.F. and civil airlines) was to make public opinion sympathetic to air power and air travel. His much publicised flight to India in 1926-7 was part of this. He also realised the importance of the [[Schneider Trophy]] and was instrumental in making sure that the R.A.F was involved. Britain's winning entries in 1927, 1929 and 1931 were flown by R.A.F. pilots and the teams partially subsidised by the Air Ministry.<ref>Cross J.A. (1977) ''Sir Samuel Hoare: A Political Biography''. London: Jonathan Cape {{ISBN|0-224-01350-5}} pp.104–105</ref>