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1936
1936 - 0931.PDF
T 392- FLIGHT. APRIL 16, *936. tions. It would hardly be possible to run two separate forces under the same management, and, moreover, in his scheme the pilots would be taught to fly by R.A.F. instructors, but would apparently receive no training in combined work. It would be far better to adopt Lord Trenchard's suggestion and have an A.A.F. squadron in every large town. This would add immensely to our strength in case of attack, and it would also provide a large number of pilots who would go far to make us a nation of airmen, ready to take full advantage of the openings offered as air transport becomes fully developed throughout the British Empire. Civil Flying in Canada A N extremely interesting and important change has /\ recently been announced in Canada. There, as / \ in Australia, all forms of flying have hitherto been administered by the Department of Defence. In both those Dominions the three fighting Services, Army, Navy and Air Force, are under the one Minister, and up to the present the progress of civil flying and of the Air Force have had so much in common that it has been thought inexpedient to divorce the two. In South Africa, on the other hand, civil flying was years ago placed under the Department of Railways and Ports. Now, if the Press of Canada is correct, civil flying in that Dominion is to be transferred from the Defence Depart ment to a newly formed Department of Transportation In Canada a marked distinction is made between air transport and what in this country would be called civil flying. A great deal of the time of the Royal Canadian Air Force has hitherto been taken up with what could properly be called civil flying—forest fire patrols, survey etc. Of late years a good deal of this work has been contracted out to civil companies. It is only air trans port which is to be transferred to the Department of Transportation. No Analogy There are still parties in this country who hold that the care of all civil flying should be taken away from the Air Ministry and entrusted to either the Board of Trade or the Minister of Transport. No good case has been made out for such a transfer, for, as has been often pointed out in these columns, the Director-General of Civil Aviation is in a sufficiently independent position, and his energies are not cramped by the Service side of the Air Ministry. The circumstances in the United Kingdom and in Canada are, however, so different that arguments from one country would not apply to the other. Under a Department of Defence it is possible that air transport might be allowed to languish, and, therefore, the change is probably wise in Canada. In this country there is no Department of Defence. OUTPUT: "It can almost be said that we have reached a position where the primary structure is of secondary importa from the point of view of the man-hours required to build it. It is the installation of equipment which runs away with time ..." Point is lent to this quotation from a recent Flight leader by this picture of a Fairey Swordfish having its equip"1 installed.
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