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1938
1938 - 0915.PDF
MARCH 31, 1938. FLIGHT. 329 SEAMANSHIP Some Pictorial Impressions oj the Conversion Course for Imperial Airways Pilots at Air Service Training, Ltd., Hamble By H C. J. HARPER, A.M. Inst. C.E., ; A.F.R. Ae. S. SOME time ago, in anticipation of the extensiveuse of large flying boats, Imperial Airwaysarranged for a hundred pilots to take a special marine course at A.S.T., and the scheme is now in full operation. The course not only consists of the actual handling of various types of marine craft, but also a comprehensive series of lectures on such subjects as the characteristics of flying-boats, their construction and operation; tides, the rule of the road at sea, laying moorings, distress signals, salving of damaged aircraft, the use of charts, etc. It com- prises a hundred hours' instruction, of which thirty- six are devoted to seamanship, thirty-two to flying, twenty to lectures and twelve to signalling. . (1) Sailing instruction teaches the pupil the vicissi- tudes of wind and tide , (2) Mooring practice from the nose of the Short Calcutta, used for advanced instruction. (3) "Taking in tow" is an art in itself. (4 The Saro Cutty Sark amphibian used for initial training in flying-boat work. (5) Instructor and pupils at sailing practice. (6) Two Qantas pilots study bends and hitches. 9 *
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