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1942
1942 - 1304.PDF
•rc-v-^ r<? /yvt yi^\ 620 F LiCHl *> *i ft^ Wi^ JUNE I8TH, 1942 AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY / Wt&j 1 'fii«i>'iiittl"iiJ'ife'i'' K , 'S^// ea / ly ••• 1 «£• -**• I ^J jypjjjJP . ^ |fV|-(]j^ ISS^^I ' .-* h, v H^^-•-,K^J5 •JL Four single - engined types of aircraft used by A.T.A. instructors to bring pupils up to scratch. Pupils must have at least 30 hours' solo flying before they are accepted by A.T.A. Reading from the top downwards the machines are : De Havilland Tiger Moth, a line of North American Harvqrds, Miles Master I, 585 h.p., Rolls-Royce Kestrel XXX engine (nearest camera), and Master III, 750 h.p. Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Junior S.B.4G. engine. Hawker Hurricanes which are used for the final training. Vf tfi'irtih'C ^r f~ lllM »"* |S^g| Ik J2 »i 'w''- ** Another single-engined type which has given good service but is now going out of use is the Fairey Battle Trainer. A proportion of tl to join A.TA. SI Gerald D 'Eflanger First Officer McGehee piiai vim-el ^xeper ^ W. Jregellx&s arS i withttorrflnodore First Officer Pjeper Office: " First Officer W. J. 1 V selected aii^aft, Tsk^^idition to thetmore thorough tions necessary on airci,11'L 1 u|Liii'nt|y»w^M»ii)''iJBftffg repair, or on completion of overhaul. The so-called 60-hour or 240-hour inspections nearly always necessitate a certain amount of replacement or repair; and it is usual for in spectors to examine aircraft before they reach the 240-hour inspection to ensure that the spares likely to be required are placed on order before overhaul of that particular air craft is begun. Maintenance The maintenance of hundreds of aircraft a day corn- prises all the duties carrkKl out by a handling party, as distinct from those fal]/ng upon hangar personnel when aircraft are brought in from dispersal sites. Dispersal difficulties produce a maintenance problem, particularly in winter, when access to parking grounds may be re stricted by snow or mud; or what is perhaps worse than either, deep ruts frozen hard, which are not too good for the tail skids of small aircraft. Dispersal in winter re quires larger handling parties than when the ground is1 firm and level, quite apart from the labour employed in putting on wing, cockpit, engine and airscrew covers. Minor repairs can^be carried out at any pool; those of 240-hour magnituae, or those due to an accident, are
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