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1947
1947 - 1766.PDF
428 FLIGHT OCTOBER 9TH, Service Aviation safety over two thousand refugees. Thework is being undertaken at the request of the Governments of India andPakistan Pacific Tour of Inspection f^OL. COOKSON, the American Ait^-^ Attache to New Zealand, has joined Lt. Col. O. H. Rigley, Dep. Chief ofN.Z. General Staff, in an air -tour of the South Pacific. They are accompanied byBrig. W. G. Gentry, Dep. Chief of Air Staff; G/C. W. C. Sheen, Dep. Chief <rfCivil Aviation; W/C. I. A. Scott and W/C. L. S. P. Taylor, Directors ofFlying Control. Their schedule includes Norfolk Island,New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, British and American Samoa, Aitutaki, Rara tongaand possibly the Solomons, * More A.A.R Regiment Squadrons TpiGHT more light anti-aircraft•*-' squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Force Regiment are to b« formed this year,and another eight in March o 1948. Theseare in addition to the four .already estab- lished in Middlesex, Edinburgh,Gloucester aoad the West Riding of Yorkshire. Each squadron will foe- a first-line -de-fence anit, fully mobile and equipped in the same manner as a regular fi.A.F.Regiment sqiiadron with Bofors 40 mm)' A.A. guns as its main armament.Tlie -principal task of the squadrons <wiH be the light anti-aircraft defence of air-fields and R.A.F. units, and the secondary role local ground defence. First of the new units to start recruit-ing is No. 2611 (West Lancashire) Sqn., which began to form at .Woodva-le air-field, near Liverpool, on October 1 St. The other seven new squadrons which will beformed on December 1st are: No. 2502 (Ulster) at Aldergrove; No. 2504(County of Nottingham) at Hucknall; No. 2602 (City of Glasgow) at Bishop-briggs; No. 2605 (County of Warwick) at Honiley; No. 2608 North Riding) atThornaby, Middlesbrough; No. 2612 (County of Aberdeen) at Dyce, and No.2616 (South Yorkshire) at Doncaster. Temporary Commissions for , National Service Entrants TTNIVERS1TY graduates may be*-' granted temporary commissions in the Education and Technical brandiesif accepted by an Air Ministry Selection Board during their national service inthe Royal Air Force. Their rank after initial officer-trainingwill be pilot officer, with promotion to flying officer after twelve months' satis-factory service. Existing arrangements will continuefor doctors and dentists doing their national service in the R.A.F., exceptthat they will be granted temporary in- stead of emergency commissions. National service men holding tem-porary commissions in the Education, Medical and Dental branches may applyfor short-service commissions. Those in the Technical branch may be recom-mended for permanent commissions, and will benefit by the special conditionswhich apply to university entrants to the branch if they hold a first or secondclass honours degree. EXPERIENCED PUPIL: Although the Oxford University Squadron, now one of eleven similar university units, still depends upon Tiger Moths for flying training, most of rts undergraduate pilots are ex-Servicemen with a good total of flying hours. As in pre- war days the Squadron operates from Abingdon and Manor Road. Presentation of Wings AT No. 1 F.T.S. at, Spitalgate onSeptember 24th, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands presented '' Wings '' to the last course of Dutch aircrew to be trained in England. The first Dutch- men to be trained came to this couTitry in 1941 and the work has gone on ever since. H.R.H. and party were met bv A.V-M. Sir Basil Embry, K.B.E., C.B.', D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C., Assistant Chief of Staff (Training). The course (No. 64) originally con- sisted of 32 Dutch cadets, but was re- duced to 21 by four eliminations and .seven transfers. "All Through" Aircrew Training Scheme -:— .?•' 'IA NEW training scheme known as the"all through " scheme, under -which the whole of the flying training policyof the Royal Air Force has been com- pletely revolutionized, will begin onOctober 29th next. On this date the first "all through " trainees will com-mence to receive flying instruction under the new system at No. 6 Flying Train-ing School, R.A.F. TerahilL which is commanded by G/C. R. F. Gandy. The main difference between the oldand the new system is that under the latter an aircrew cadet training to be apilot or navigator, will receive his initial drill and ground training, his initial fly-ing training and his applied flying train- ing all at the one station. Formerly anew aircrew recuit was sent to an Initial Training Wing for drill and ground train-ing, after which, in the case of pilots, he went to an Elementary Flying Train-ing School for ab initie flying instruc- tion, and then to an Advanced FlyingTraining School, where he learned to handJe high-performance training aircraftbefore proceeding to an operational train- ing unit. Navigators went through asimilar procedure appropriate to their particular duties. On completing this first stage of "allthrough" training the pilots aad navi- gators will receive their wings andbadges and will be posted to an Advanced Flying School. From therethey will then pass on to an Operational Con\-ersion Unit where they will becrew-ed up and familiarized with the use of operational equipment as used in fullyoperational aircraft. These last two stages correspond to the final stages oftraining given during the war at Opera- tional Training Units and ConversionUnits. A similar system is being put iatoforce at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, whose cadets will thereforejoin the other "all through" pilots at the Advanced Flying School stage. Other" all through " schools for pilots are now in operation at Spitalgate (Grantham),Feltwell and Church Lawford. Those for navigators are situated at Topcliffe,where flying training has just begun under the new scheme, Bishops Courtand Drifneld. In Addition to these schools there are two in Rhodesia whl.ethe same system will be applied except that in the case of these schools the pilotsand navigators will train at the same station. ReunionsA DINNER to celebrate the thirteenthanniversary of No. 825 Naval Air Squadron will be held at the HolhornRestaurant, W.C.i, on Saturday, October nth, at 19.00. Past or present membersof the squadron wishing to attend should apply to Dennis Grace, 92a, Lonsdale ^Drive, Enfield, Middx. * • * %Arrangements have been made to hcwf 1 the second annual reunion dinner of no. ".269 Squadron Old Comrades' Association at Stewarts Restaurant, Old BondStreet, London, W.i, on December m 1947. Will all ex-members who arr in-terested, and have not yet supFea' permanent addresses, contact the n<w-Secretary, F/L. M. R. B. Clift, A.F.C, 183, Lordship Lane, London, N.i7-
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