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“The R.CA-F.”

By B. M. P.
While the Canadian editors’
party witnessed plenty of airial

activity during their tour of Eas-
tern Canada, actually only three
flying school or stations were on
the agenda. For this reason and
because Canadian weekly news-
papers have already carried a
series of articles on the Common-
wealth Air Training Plan, the
present article will deal only in
a general way with the progress
we noted in this all-important
phase of Canada’s war program.
We stopped briefly at the Mal-
ton Airport, location of Elemen-
tary Flying and Air Observers’
Schools, as well as being a cen-
tral link in Trans-Canada Air
Lines. In the latter connection
we were told that aviation auth-
orities regarded the Malton Air-
port as the outstanding one of its
kind on the American continent.
It is a thrill to watch the big sil-
very planes take off with their
load of passengers for destina-
tions all across Canada. At the
Training School intense activity
prevailed in both branches of in-
structional work. The ,embryo
pilots receive fifty hours of fly-
ing at this school, using the Can-
andian-built de Havilland Tiger
Moth. This sturdy little biplane
has a top speed of 104 miles an
hour. The air observers on the
other hand use the twin-engined
Avro Ansom bomber for their
training in reconnaissance, aerial
photography, bombing and air
navigation.
CAMP BORDEN
The next day we were at Camp
Borden, where we lunched with
officers of the Service Flying
Training School and learned that
the war birds are again, as in the
Great War, making good use of
the Borden hangars. Shortly after
noon the sun broke through low-
hanging rain clouds and there
followed a great scramble as one
hundred Yale and Harvard train-
ing planes were readied for flight.
It is said that on a busy day
planes are taking off from or land-
ing on this field at an average of:
one every 25 seconds. The interval
seemed even shorter during our
stay. The pilots at Camp Borden,
having already learned the ABC's

at War'

(This is the fourth of a series of five articles written by

Bruce

editor of the Simcoe Reformer, for member papers of
Association,
the recent tour of Eastern Canada military camps, munitions plants,
R.C.A.F, Schools and naval yards made by a group of prominent
weekly, daily and trade newspaper editors and publishers.

in connection with

gunners and observers at about
twice the rate originally planned
for this time.
THE FERRY SERVICE
Meanwhile the Atlantic Ferry
Service is another twentieth cen-
tury innovation which would have
seemed incredible a few years ago.
We heard a story concerning the
Atlantic flight made recently by
Hon. C. G. Power, Minister of De-
fence for Air. It seems that he
was about to leave Scotland one
morning on his return journey and
in the hotel lobby just prior to
leaving he had a few minutes’
conversation with a casual ac-
quaintance. That evening Mr.
Power walked into the lobby of
the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa to
meet face to face the same man
with whom he had converséd in
Scotland. The surprise was mu-
tual. The incident shows how dis-
tance has dijmished and that man
has truly taken wing.
~ Several members of our party
had already made the flight to
Britain and return, and spoke of
it quite casually. Another young
man, James Spence, press officer
of Canada House, London, came
over by boat but was leaying at
the tour’s end to take a bomber
eastward across the Atlantic. He
was one of the most interested
observers on the trip and de-
clared he would have a real story
to tell upon his return home.
‘Jimmy’ Spence was through the
blitz from start to finish, serving
as an Air Raid Warden in his
own London district and it was
clear that he retained many ter-
rible memories. Hé said that the
bright lights of Canada’s cities
were the most amazing phenom-
enon of his visit. Another mem-
ber of the party was Group Cap-
tain, Sully, former Commanding
Officer of the Trenton Air Station
who took charge on visits to the
air training centres. He rema-k-
ed that about 3,000 lads were
eoming through the 17 recruiting
centres, every two weeks. Canada
provides about 80 per cent of the
students. The remainder are from
England, Australia and New Zea-
land. Add to this the fact that
Canadian airplane factories are
turning out 40 planes a week and
we gain some conception of the
stupendous undertaking in which
Canada is engaged.

of flying at an. Elementary School,
are now in- advanced instruction.
They receive 75 hours of flying
in ten weeks at» Borden. Instru-
ment flying, night flying, aero-
batics and formation flying are
taught here and lessons are con-
tinued in. wireless, armament, na-
vigation and airmanship.
We saw another type of air
school in its organizational stage
at.Camp Debert, N.S, when we
visited the R.A. F. Operational
Training. Unit. This is a finishing
school for pilots who will be as-
signed to Coastal Command over-
seas. It will offer an clebtoees
course for pilots
Flying , Schools such as
Graduates will become pilots in
Hudson squadron, defending wat-
ers about the British Isles. Instruc-
tors at the School are all exper-
ienced pilots from Britain and
most of them have been through
the blitz over England and the
continent. In talking with them,
they expressed admiration for
Canada but also an eagerness to
be back in England helping to de-
fend their homes and families.
EMPIRE AIR SCHEME

This\ was not the only place
where we encountered British
airmen. More and more Canada
is being looked to as the ideal
training-ground for Empire figh-
ters. England no longer has ade-
quate space and blitz conditions
are not healthy for trainees. We
saw more than one trainload of
young English lads westward
bound in the course of our tour.
We met lads from Australia and
New Zealand and many from the
United States. The Commonwealth
Air Training Plan is still growing
sight. At
present the Plan calls for 90 train-
ing schools and the necessary au-
ziliary establishments, such as re-
cruiting centres, command head-
quarters, repair and equipment de-

pots to a total of 124 units spread
across Canada, with nearly 100
aerodromes and 1,860 buildings.

The staff required for instructors,
administration and maintenance of
the schools is 40,000 men. Cost of

the plan was originally estimat-
ed at $600,000,000, of which Can-
ada's share was to be about $350,-
000,000, but the total was later
boosted to nearly $1,000,000,000 with
Canada’s portion about $600,000,-
000. The Plan has expanded very
rapidly since it was announced in
December, 1939, and it is now

trade.

turning out thousands of pilots,

_| colleges and universities.

MINISTERS SPEAK

In concluding this article we
would like to quote from speeches
by Federal Cabinet Ministers dur-
ing our stay in Ottawa. Hon.. Mr.
Ralston: “We need men, Muni-
tions and money. We especially

need men and more men. Eng-
land wants more Canadians. The
end of the war is not in sight.

Such talk is just wishful think-
ing. We are just preparing to win
it. We welcome constructive crit-
icism.

It spurs us to greater ef-
fort.”
Hon. M-. Power: ‘Recruiting

for the RCAF is going well. We
require youths from’ high schools,
We neea
We wel-
ind all
Without
short of

men of special aptitudes.
come criticism of any
kinds. Let us have it.
criticism we would fall
our best efforts.”

Hon. Mr. Howe: “Raw materials
are now the problem. More must
be diverted’ from private consump-
tion. Sharp curtailment is requir
ed in the non-essential industries.
War industry is moving along
well now after many heartaches
and bottle-necks. I want to add
that there is asolutely no profit-
eering in the munition industry,
We have taken every safeguard to
prevent it and the vast majority
of Canadian firms are only too
anxious to produce at reasonable
Prices in this war.”

As the editors’ party went from
place to place on their tour, ob-
servations were frequently heard
lamenting the fact that it requir
ed a war to produce such a vast
amount of new industry and to
give employment to thoueands of
young men both in factory, army,
air force and navy. The words of
General Wavell, the noted British
leader of Libyan fame, were re
called, when he said: “What a
world we could make if we would
Put into peace-time endeavours
the energy, self-sacrifice and coop-
eration. that we pune in the waste-
fulness of war.”

(Nert Week: “The Nayy”

HEADS PARADE

When 300 Canadian soldiers
paraded Sunday through London
streets to a church service in
Westminster Abbey, London, Eng
and sang “O Canada” in the vault-
ed shrine of the British Common-
wealth, the R.C.A.S.C. band under

Cpl. Harry Thomas of Abbotsford

| headed the parade

“JAPS” CANT WIN
“Japan can never conquer China.”
That conviction was expressed by
one of Britain’s most colorful public
figures, Sir Frederick Whyte, states-
man, diplomat, author and globe
trotter, who for three years was
political adviser to the Chinese na-
tional government. He spoke in To-

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From the A."S. & M. News of
November 3, 1926

At the Literary meeting held
Friday, Mr. J. W. Winson gave an
interesting talk on “The Origin
of Hallowe'en”.

The proficiency list for the Ab-
botsford school in October was as
follows: Gr. 8, Elsie McDonald;
Gr. 7, Arthur Snashall; 6A, Annie
Londsdale; 5A, Margie Snashall;
4A, Edith Barker;ZA, Violet Knoll;
2A, Harry Buker; 1A, Dorothy
Reeve.

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