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1938
1938 - 1637.PDF
JUNE g, 1938 FLIGHT. 567 r VICE /fc/IATION Empire Air Day, Attendances OFFICIAL attendance figures issued after Empire Air Day, May 28,show that, in spite of the adverse "weather, the total attendanceat the eighty-odd K.A.F. stations which' were open to the public was in excess of 421,000, as compared with 353,000 last year, whilethe net takings amounted to approximately ,£18,000, as against ^14,000 in 1937. The largest attendance was recorded at Northolt, where nearly23,000 visitors were present—a. record fox any Empire Air Day at any station. The number visiting Tern Hill, Shropshire, which pre-viously held the record, was approximately 22,000. Other large attendances were Castle Bromwich (19,500), Sealand(18,500), Martlesham (17,000), and South Cerney (16,500 . ~ ' "i Restrictions at HendonT HE use of Hendon aerodrome by visiting Service aircraft, exceptin emergency, is restrictel to aircraft the occupants of which have duties to perform at Hendon or who are proceeding on dutyto London, . Troop'carrying A LARGE-SCALE troop-carrying exercise was carried out on Wed-nesday of last week when parties of Coldstream Guards were transported from Odiham, Hants, to Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, inVickers Valentia bomber transports. On arrival they took part in a field exercise against troops of the Northern Command. • - _ Marking Obstructions RED flags will no longer be used for indicating bad ground andareas under repair and for supplementing standard markings. Instead, short stakes, placed in pairs three or four feet apart, withstrips of canvas about a foot wide attached to and stretched between each pair, will be used. The canvas will be painted white. - R.A.F.V.R. Blazer APPROVAL lias been given for the wearing of a special blazerby members of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; a badgewill be granted after they have qualified in their respective cate- gories. The blazer is double-breasted and has chromium-platedbuttons. The badge is worn on the breast pocket and has the emblem of an eagle surmounted by the letters " V.R." and sur-rounded by a laurel wreath, the whole being surmounted by a crown. Jb» provision of the blazer will be the responsibility of theindividual. Move of No 2 F.T.S.N O. 1 Flying Training School, which trains naval pilots for theFleet Air Arm, will move from Leuchars to Netheravon in August. It may be concluded from this that the latter station willin due course be handed over to the Admiralty. When this move has taken place naval officers and also officersof the Royal Marines will receive their preliminary flying training at the civil school at Sywell, while naval ratings will go throughtheir preliminary course at Rochester. The first batch of naval ratings who are training as pilots arrivedat Leuchars on May 9. The batch consists of twenty sailors, none of whom holds the rank of petty officer. Eastchurch Wins Rifle Match AT the R.A.F. Rifle Meeting last week the Trenchard ChallengeCup for station teams of eight was won by the Air Armament School, Eastchurch, with a record score. This is the fourth year insuccession that Sqn. Ldr. J. C. Stevens has led his team to victory, and the seventh time that Eastchurch has won since the presentconditions came into force in 1927. The Eastchurch team and scores were as follows: Fit. Sgt. Collins,169; Warrant-Off. Le Gras, 168; Fit. Lt. Fraser, 167; Fit. Sgt. Willott, I&5; Warrant-Off. Hampshire, 163; Fit. Sgt. Blake, 152; F/O Birch, Royal Air Force and Official Announcements : Fleet Air Arm News : Military Aviation Abroad 144; Fit. Sgt. Anderson, 128; total, 1,256. The runners-up, Gosport,scored 1,169. . ' . The Brooke-Popham-Steele. match, for Squadron teams of four,under standard Service.cflnditionSi was won by No. 206. (G.R.) Squadron. New Unit BadgesT HE King has approved the following badges and mottoes forthe units concerned and they may now be taken into use in accordance with the official scheme adopted in January, 1936: — Unit. No. 76 (B) Sqdn. No. 77 (B) Sqdn.No. 83 (B) Sqdn. No. 107 (B) Sqdn. No. 9 Fig. Tmg. School R.A.F. Stn., Kalafrana Marine Aircraft Expl.Estab. Badge. Mottn In front of a rose a lionpassant guardant. A thistle ... •An attire A double-Tieaded eagle dis-played gorged witlTa collar of fleurs de lys.An eagle rising from an open book.A Maltese cross, and an eagle volant.A balance Resolute Esse Potius Quam VideriStrike to defend Nous Y Serons Docendo Discimus Nunquam Defuimus Trial by air and sea. Auxiliary Air Force XTEW conditions of service have been approved for the AuxiliaryX\l Air Force. They have been recommended by a committee which sat with Lt. Col. Muirhead, late Under-Secretary for Air, aschairman, and have been approved by the Air Minister. They were explained to the commanding officers of the squadrons by Capt.Balfour, the new Under-Secretary, on Thursday, June 2. The prin- cipal recommendations of the committee are: — In order that the squadrons may be at all times at full effectivestrength their establishments will be enlarged to carry appropriate i numbers of officers and airmen under training in addition to thefull complement of completely trained officers and men. The field of recruitment of flying personnel to fill these enlargedestablishments will be widened so that in future A.A.F. squadrons will be manned on the same basis as R.A.F. squadrons and, withthe exception of the A.C. Squadrons, will include airman as well as officer pilots. Airman pilots will be recruited both from existingairmen of the squadrons and from volunteers directly entered for the purpose. There will also be opportunity for airmen in thesquadrons and for new recruits to undertake air duties as observers, wireless operators and air gunners. The financial conditions of service will be improved to take accountof the heavy demands on the time of these volunteers, especially of volunteers for flying- duty, that the A.A.F. makes. The issue ofpay and allowances, as for R.A.F. personnel, is not generally suit- able to the conditions under which training is done in the A.A.F.and will be confined to occasions of continuous training such as annual camps. The main training is done on evenings and at week-ends, and for such training officers and airmen will receive, in addition to full travelling expenses, a training allowance graduatedon a scale intended to cover meals and all incidental expenses which are incurred. The amount issued for each hour of useful attendance,whether on evenings or at week-ends, will be as follows: Members of officers' mess is., members of sergeants' mess gd., corporals 7d.,aircraftmen 6d. AH airmen who carry out the requisite training will, as at present,receive an annual bounty amounting for recruits to ^3 10s., and for trained men to £5.The above emoluments will be issuable to all personnel both of the Flying Squadrons and of the Balloon Squadrons, whether theirservice is in the air or on the ground. The special responsibilities of flying personnel will be recognised by a further emolument, to becalled flying pay, at the following rates: Officer pilots, £25 per annum; airman pilots, /20 p.a. (in addition to the £5 bounty);observers, wireless operator-air gunners and air gunners, £15 p.a. (in addition to bounty).
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