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the georgetown herald wednesday evening augusf 20th 1941 the british commonwealth air training plan i of ft series of articles written speeialr weekly newspapers by hdrh temphn ledltor of the fergus newsrecord flying over ontario with australian student observers this is the ninth of a aeries or air force stories written for the weekly newspapers of ontario i apt in the secretary a office at the no 1 air observer school at malton and wondered what would happen next things always seemed to turn out that way when arrangements had t been made for me to fly in an bo ap plane if there wasnt a thunder storm there was something else the days thunder storm had already pass ed and the sky was clear but orders had become mixed up on the other side of his desk j a munrog secretary trearurer of the school was keeping the telephone busy and now ai d then someone came hur rying in with a correspondence file or other information it was obvious enough what had happened a phone call from the training command at toronto had informed me that all arrangements were made meanwhile a sudden call had taken the manager of the malton school to montreal and no one else knew anything about the arrange ments as we waited for word from to ronto the- big avro anson out on the runway roared away it was two o clock and time tor them to go out on their afternoon exercises plying officer mcleod tried to be consoling it was a rough day he said and i wouldn t enjoy it he re numbered one newspaper man who vent up in a plane on just such a that one plane was delayed by engine trouble spark plugs i might get it in time a quick trip to the pilots room where i was fitted with parachute har nets two straps over my shoulders and one around each leg all locked together in front of my stomach the day was hot so i left my coat behind and went in my shirtsleeves another dash across the runway to the place where the twin engines of avro anson no 6037 were turning over smoothly and noisily now the pilot waalready in his seat hasty introductions to the two student ob servers k allln and r evritt both of melbourne australia that was in teresting two fine young fellows i shook hands with them its hotl i said just by way of making conversation it was a stupid thing to say because so obvious the thermometer said 96 degrees we like it one of them replied rather surprisingly they were in shirtsleeves too with the same kind of parachute harness later pilot jocelin said the australians just eat up this kind of weather a little door was open up on the side of the plane and i climbed up one of the australians fastened my safety strap a quick release type that was new to me allin took his seat beside the plot and evritt in the seat behind the pilot i was in the back seat opposite the door the plane began to move at once down the broad runway we passed a silvery transcanada plane just coming in and turned into the wind and in a few seconds were off the two future air observers in training at malton leave their avro anson plane after an exercise flight note the warm clothing the parachute harness on the men and the gun turret on the plane royal canadian air force photograph day he vasn t up five minutes till he was sick and his trip was a total loss and so was his lunch besides the exercise for that day wasn t the most interesting kind the student observers would be trying to make out a course as though they were flying blind above the clouds another day would be more interesting and would provide better flying conditions there seemed to be nothing else to be done it was a quarter after two now and i hadn t heard a plane go for five minutes the night flight wouldn t leave till nine o clock and might not return till two in tine morn ing and i would have 60 miles to drive home after that i had work to do the next morning and two members of the family waiting for me in the city there seemed to be nothing left to do but to come back again the delayed flight suddenly things began to happen plying ofllcer mcleod had gone out but he came hurrying back everythings ox well have to hurry though we trotted across the road toward the hngar on the way he explained ground heading westward into a 25 mile wind an exercise flight one of the australians had re peated the warning that the flight might be a rough one but i did not find it 50 particularly after we had climbed above a thousand feet these large planes fly much more steadily than the small opencockpit planes in which most of my previous flying had been done up in front on the left sat pilot jocelin two or three rows of lnstru ments in front of him holding on to a wheel that looked like the steering wheel of an automobile with parts of it cut away beside him sat one of the young australians in front him under the dash was a hole into which he crawled from time to time so that he could lie flat on his stom ach in the nose of the plane and r the drift indicator showing how much the plane was being blown off course by the wind directly behind the pilot sat the other australian student he was do ing his exercise for the day oi a table in front of him lay a map with no towns roads or landmarks except the outlines of the oreat lakes and here and there circles with an arrow marking the compass variations not much help that to a visitor from the othr side of bhe world on the table lay his simple instruments a triangular ruler a few pencils a cir cular card with rows of figures and the name somebody rapid oalcu lator beside him was a compass and up in front two dials one indicating the engine speed and the other the altitude above sea level i sat in the rear seat directly be hind the student with the exerdse but with my view to the front nortly cut off by the wireless instruments worked by remote control from the pilots seat occasionally i saw the dials turn and the wavelength i d cators change but of the messages which passed through them i knew nothing in front of me was a table on which i was able to write in my notebook some towns easy to identify the avro anson l noted for its visibility there are windows all around it has even been lpcened to a flying greenhouse the rear seav was opposite the huge wing but it was easy to see the landscape below and behind the sky held many clouds and th shadows mottled the landscape below the air was hazy and ten miles vtu about the limit of visibility after we climbed to 4500 feet e were up in the lower layer of clouds occasion ally one would drift past almost close enough to touch the heavier clouds holding a hint of thunder were higher two or three times we ran into rain but i couldn t see it out on the wing only the odd singing of the prooellois and the drops on tne front windows showed me the difference i hadn t any idia whether i would know here we were from nearly a mile up in the air i couldn t compass b it the sun shone most of the t me giving a rough idea of the directions there wasn t any doub about the first town acres of green houses shone in the llglvt as e circled over brampton gaining height i imagine it would make a wonderu arget da or night if i had oem ble to lay hands on a stone i coul i ardly have rcisted the temptation to drop it overboard on these glas roof we headed w est after that and the credit mer dirty even from that height was the next landmark th a little ullage that worried me ui ul i de ded ts mill ponds were like those at alton then came orange- ille i was nenrer home now and knew most of the landmarks the provincial highway to arth ir traigm ts a ruler gleamed in the sun tor milts til it crossed the grand river the loel hockley vat ty lay ahead rhe hills looked almost flat but the road by the river was plain enough by tint time i had the roadmap out of my brief caw nnd from then on was nevtr let we passed south of camp borden ovtr il e great hoi i md marsh and the tip of lake slm coe and down beside yongc street to king then in a bee line tor mai there he st dents changed places and we went around another circle slightly farther east but in light of brampton caledon lake or nngeville aurora and down to the shore of lake ontario 1 ear malvern a turn to the west bro ight us over tht eastern suburbs of toroi to the 11 ght over toronto wa inter cstlng out to the left wa the wood ne race track then the harbor with a frelgl t boat steamlt g across bay the skyscraper looked like tall toy jjuildings to the north the re servoir shone as all the otli r ponds had done we parallels 1 dundaa street out to west toronto i saw a mil- below me the schoolyard wl e 1 f once tried to tend 1 girl to skit all lirge billdlngs wcr cis ly seen it took abo it s x min tcs to cross toroi to from the r 1 to 1 s b ir 1 a he h imber rive r at weston we cireled the gr it m iltot por slowly walcl inn other in cs omlng in and final with a fl ir runway came down to nrth wltt o 1 a bump from the delist tf il coolness of th pper air we stepped out into the hen lgiln tic stidents checked the r maps wi n pilot jocelit and i sub minted mine it was just two rough pencil marks on a road map but h scorned surprised that i had been so close to the reil route mast eople he said got completely lost in the air unless they had some training there was time for convcrsa ion now the australians had been si weeks at malton another six and they woud go to jarvis to learn bombing and gunnery with practice bombs and real machine guns it wouldn t be ona till they were flying over germany bitter and better than ever georgetown s 3rd wartlme fair sep tember 13th and 13th wateh for posters announcing the many attrac tions amb planes fly abm a sand bank ef d while the stalest oiimiin ptot their courses withes seeing the fismid royal oaoadun air force photetrapb dancing huttonville park every z wednesday and saturday leading obchestttao western canada special bargain excursions from all stations in eastern canada going daily sept 12 26 1941 indiiswe return limit 45 days tioksrrs oood in coaches in tourist sleeping oars or in standard sleeping oars at special reduced rates for each class cost of accommodation in sleeping cars additional baggage checked stopovers at all points en route slmular excursions from western to eastern canada daring famepezied tickets sleeping car reservations and all lnfbfinatlon from any agent i ask for handbill t301 canadian national treasurers sale of land for taxes township of esquesing county of halton to wtt by virtue of a warrant i bj the reeve of the township of etqaes- lng bearing date the fifth day of hay 1m1 a sale of lands in arrears of tax in the township of esquesing wlh t held t taw council chamber in tht village of btewaittown at the bow ot ten o clock in the forenoon on tbs eleventh day of october uhl unlesi the taxes and cost are s paid notice is herkby oxvbn thai the list of lands for sale in arlwui of taxes has been prepared that ooptts of the said list may be had ft m office that the us of all land to sale for arrears of tares is bring pnb- lished in the ontario o e on job 5tfa august and and iwff on imi and that in default of payment of taxes and costs the lands m b sold for the said taxes and cost h school books roofing new fall clothing fauar checkup stoves chil drens school outfits just some of the things you shoppers have to think about as summer draws to a close follow the ads in the herald and patronize her ald advertisers a sure way to get value for your money you can t go wrong when you shop in georgetown buyers guide brills dept store mews furnishings ladies ready to wear boots and shoes main st phone 167 c e obgetown w j cain invites tour patronage auto repairing any make tires batteries welding all work guaranteed phone 284w victoria st college view exchange hotel room and meals good accommodation phone georgetown 2s0 acton 149 georgetown lumber co everything in lumber sash doors and interior finish we also handle hydrated lime hard wall plaster fibre board cement and booqng o all kind hollywood hotel norval a 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