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1928
1928 - 0877.PDF
SEPTEMBER 20, -1928 mSnow Fields, Rocky Mountains. m 200 h.p.) make up the operating fleet. Quite recently this firm is stated to have bought up Pacific Airways Ltd., of British Columbia, and to be intending to run a triangular service between Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle, using nine aeroplanes for the work of one round trip daily. This firm is full of enterprise and is an excellent example of success unsupported by a Government subsidy. (10) Pacific Airways, Ltd., whose incorporation with Western Canada Airways has recently been announced, has done good work with one H.S.2L boat on contract for the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and also for the B.C. Forest service. (11) Dominion Airways, Ltd., did wonderful work for the Forest Service of British Columbia with one Moth seaplane. A penalty clause was inserted in the contract for failure to carry out the programme each day, but the Moth never failed. Twenty fires were detected during the season last year. (12) Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. operated the services between Whitehorse and Keno as well as between Carcross and Atlin, which were mentioned above. The company was allowed to use its own mail stamps. A five- seater Ryan cabin machine was used, and flights were made with the temperature 50 deg. below zero. AIR SERVICES IN CANADA [Note.—The following extracts from the Canadian Quarterly Review by Group Captain J. S. Cott, M.C., A.F.C., p.s.a., R.C.A.F., give further information on Canadian aviation, particularly regarding the Air Services of Canada, and supple- ment the article in the foregoing pages by Maj. Robertson. —ED.: THE air services of Canada, which form part of the Depart- ment of National Defences, consist of: The Directorate of Civil Government Air Operations. The Controller of Civil Aviation. The Aeronautical Engineering Division. The Royal Canadian Air Force. The Directorate of Civil Government Air Operations The Directorate of Civil Government Air Operations administers and controls all air operations carried out by State aircraft other than operations of a military nature. Under the Director are :— Officer i/c Civil Air Operations. Officer i/c Aircraft Equipment and Stores. Officer i/c Administration, Organization, Personnel. Services, with subordinate officers. There are air stations at High River, Alta, Winnipeg, Man., Ottawa, Ont., and Dartmouth, N.S., with a depot and photographic section at Ottawa, and sub-stations or detach- ments at various points in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. There are also eight photographic departments for all the Provinces except B.C. and P.E.I. Controller of Civil Aviation The Controller of Civil Aviation is responsible for the administration of the Air Regulations, and such other duties as the Honourable the Minister may direct. Under him are a Superintendent of Air Regulations and a Superintendent of Airways Examination of Personnel and Inspection of Aircraft.—Air Regulations require that all pilots, air engineers, aircraft and air harbours in Canada shall be licensed by the Controller, of Civil Aviation, and, under instruction, by approved examiners fron Air Force stations. The following figures give the number of personnel and aircraft engaged in civil aviation during the lastthree years Private pilots Commercial pilots Air engineers. . Aircraft 19257 29 86 34 19268 38 83 44 192 65 102 62 Aeronautical Engineering Division^ The Aeronautical Engineering Division is required to act in a consultant capacity respecting all technical and engineer- ing matters pertaining to the Air Services and the carrying out of the duties prescribed by the Air Board Act ami regulations thereunder. The division is in charge of the Chief Aeronautical Engineer and is divided into three main sections as under. (i) Research.—The Research Section is mainly responsible for the preparation of specifications for new types or aircraft and aircraft accessories, the supervision of type trials for new types of aircraft and of the trials of aircraft which have been modified ; the reduction of these results to standard conditions for comparison purposes ; the issuance of modi- fications found desirable either for the purpose of airworthi- ness or to meet certain service conditions ; the design of special pieces of equipment, such as camera mounts, skis, etc., 8-1:3;
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