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Aviation History
1964
1964 - 0092.PDF
FLIGHT International, 9 January 1964 readable intelligent Britain's liveliest top-level weekly! STATIST is edited primarily for intelligent people — people with administrative, social or other responsibilities. No other journal has the same gift for explaining great national and international questions in such clear, concise language. In its pages you can study the opinions of leading statesmen, economists, industrialists. Try STATIST — you may well find it the journal you have been looking for. All newsagents • Fridays is. 6d. STATIST WORLD AFFAIRS•INDUSTRY • INVESTMENT The go-ahead CHALLENGE that is s ROYAL NAVY A WASP gas-turbine helicopter about to land on H.M.S. NUBIAN you find it in the FLEET AIR ARM Landing on the deck of a frigate at sea is only part of your daily routine as a pilot of this Wasp gas-turbine helicopter. In your hands you have a weapon of front-line defence and attack. With it, you search out the enemy submarine, and destroy it with your torpedoes. Helicopters land Marine Commandos, take part in reconnaissance and communications, sliip-to-ship transport, air- sea rescue. Each task is its own challenge of your proven ability, initiative, toughness. Essential qualities, these: demanded by the vital, exacting job of flying in the Royal Navy. You can join the Fleet Air Arm, as a pilot or observer, between 17 and 26, with at least an '0' level G.C.E. (or equivalent) in English, Maths, and 3 other subjects. Basically, there are two terms of service: either a pensionable engagement to 38 if you are between 17 and 22, or one of 12 years without pension if entry age is 22 to 26. Both of these can be terminated at 5 (heli- copter pilots only), 8, or 12 years. Respective gratuities are £775, £1,500, and £4,000. There will be opportunity, too, for officers to apply for a permanent commission. For further information about life in the Fleet Air Arm, write to: Captain R. E. S. Wykes-Sneyd, R.N., Officer Entry Section, (FR36/A), Naval Careers Service, State House, High Holborn, London, W.C.I.
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