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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-03-29, Page 9THE TIMES-ADVOpATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THUBSOAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1951 Centralia Plays Important Role In Canada’s Defence Preparations Beavers They don’t call RCAF Station Centralia ‘’Canada's busiest Sta tion” for nothing. Home of four vital training schools in the RCAF, she plays an important role in the nation’s defence preparations—-a role that keeps her active and earns her the “busiest” title. As Canada and the free west ern nations start their concerted drive to build up defences to en sure peace, RCAF Station Cen tralia takes on greater respons ibilities. Besides training airmen the nation’s - huge airpower pansion program, Centralia developing pilots for western European nations under the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion. In May, the first class of NATO pilots, from France, Italy, | Belgium, and the Netherlands, I will graduate from Centralia. There are many more to follow. The South Huron airport is rapidly, expanding to responsibilities. Already, according Centralia’s training “much" bigger than months ago. It will bigger six months fr< Upwards to 1,000 planes take off Centralia’s meet these to officials, program is it was six be “much” orn now. Hardware Phone 86 Exeter for ex- is -What About Your FALL PULLETS? It’s not too soon to order your pullet needs for this coming season. Egg prices promise to be very high, so why not order your started pullets right away? Silvercrest Poultry Farms Exeter, Ont. We Now Have A Good Supply Of No. 1 Commercial Seed Beans Place Your Order Now We Are Again Contracting Barley With CANADA MALTING COMPANY Phone 171-r-14 I Malting BARLEY Look at the Advantages of Contract Barley Seed supplied: either Montcalm or O.A.C. 21. Free Storage until Dec. 15, 1951. Make More Money per bushel. We are also equipped for fast handling of loose grain. Cook Bros. Milling Co. HENSALL Phone Day 54, Nigfct 63 ONTARIO For thriftier farm hauling NEW INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS tieavy-Duty&wneetied w savc youmoncy huge runways each day. It takes more than 1>- 000 men to keep " flying. To acquaint its the important role station, The Times-Advocate pre sents, as far as security regula tions will permit, the story of its activities. Six Units Canada’s most active has six units: (1) Flying Training trains cadets to meet standard. (2) Instrument Flying School qualifies experienced pilots jn instrument techniques to a stan dard required for both combat and commercial flying. (3) Radar and Communica tions School Flight provides all air training of Radio Officers in the RCAF. These men receive ground instruction at Clinton. (4) School of Flying Control trains all aerodrome control of ficers and aerodrome control as sistants who direct air traffic in the RCAF. (5) Maintenance Wing vides units with servicing maintenance crews. . (6) Administrative Wing ects all of the non-technical vices required by the station, in cluding housing of both single and married personal, messing, hospitalization, Chaplain’s vices, etc. Cadets Operate Own Organization Outstanding in the Flying Training school is the combina tion of leadership training with flying instruction. The cadets are responsible for their own organization. They operate and supervise their own mess, parad es, sports and entertainment. Members of the Senior course are responsible for the efficient operation of the cadet organiza tion and hold the main directing positions. The seniors have more .privileges than junior arid enjoy a definite above the student body. The school has five under training at all times, one graduating every eight weeks. During the forty weeks of in struction, the cadet flies 165 hours in the single-engine- Har vard, 45 hours in the twin-engin ed Expeditor and receives 30 hours instruction in the Link trainer. Over half of the student’s time is spent in Ground school where he learns navigation, me teorology, airman ship, theory of flight, siginals, character and leadership and technical train ing. A cadet solos in a Harvard aftei* aproximately 25 hours of training. A great deal of empha sis is placed on individual in strution and discussions before and after each flight. For programming purposes, time is made available for pre and post flight briefing equal to the time which is actually spent in the air. those planes readers with of the local station School wings p ro und dir- ser- ser- groups prestige courses 69 hours flying instruction, 25 hours link training. The training Includes lec- on Meteorology, Naviga- Flying Procedures (Air Radio rflL i g/Wv/"’ Two of 87 different btttic Intornalionol modelt- ooch ALL NEW, ALL PROVED. Comfo •Vision Cab-"roomiest cab oil the road”-seating three in comfort Economical, powerful Silver Diamond engine-all new and all proved Rugged, hypoid-gcar rear axles, built for hard service Cradle-action rear springs—longest ahd strongest in International Truck history • Tire equipment to meet particular farm hauling needs „• Better load distribution as a result of shorter-wheelbase) • bodies matched with the Chassis fot maximum hauling efficiency F. W. HUXTABLE PHONE 1B3-W EXETER INTERNfiTIONAltTRUCKSfSornigM .J Instrument School Checks Pilot’s Ability I n s tr u m out Flying School trains qualified pilots to the re quired standard to fly on Civil Airways in North America and the United Kingdom under in strument flying conditions. Further functions of the school are: - (a) To keep abreast of de velopments in Instrument Flying, < Radio Range procedures and the use of landing and approach aids and to recommend deemed necessary. (b) To maintain son -with the Royal Canadian Air Force Central Flying School. (e) To study developments in Link Training procedures, main taining liaison with other* Ser vices and civilian sources. (d) To maintain a system of Instrument Check Pilots in the various Commands of the RCAF. By annual testing of these Command Check PilotSj the stan dard of efficiency of Instrument and Airways Flying throughout the RCAF is ensured. To secure their Standard In strument Rating Card pilots must have 500 hours of flying time, including at least iOO hours of instrument flying. Of this instrument flying, at least thirty-five hours is to be cloud flying and twenty hours Radio Range flying. He must also have sixty hours instrument link train ing time which is to include at least $0 hours of radio range procedure. Each course is of eight weeks duration, during which the pilot receives 116 hours ground train- any changes a close liai- ing, and ground Lures . tion, ’ „ „ . Regulations), Radio Aids Navigation and Airmanship. Refresher Flying A period at the beginning the flying course is devoted refresher flying on the Expeditor aircraft and *to improve the pi lots instrument flying. Pilots who possess only limited twin engine experience are given adequate instructions in asymmetric fly ing. Following refreshei* flying, the trainee is given instruction and mutual practice on Radio Range Exercises, Orientation, Radio Direction Finding Cross Country Flights. Link trainer exercises are en to students in order that may become familiar with various precedures used in nection with airways flying. Such procedures include orientation problems, beam bracketing, stan dard let-downs and runway pro cedure turns. This type of in struction ensures that pupils have a thorough knowledge of procedures before they are re quired to carry out the actual air exercises. The final air test includes pre flight procedure, instrument fly ing on the full and limited panel orientation, range flying, let down procedure, loop orientation, cross country exercises and run way procedure turns. On successful completion of the course, each pilot is issued a n Instrument Rating Card which must be renewed annually to remain valid. This card is the pilot’s"1 necessary authorization to file flight plans on civil air ways under instrument flight conditions. of to and giv- they the con- pose, a synthetic trainer been evolved, consisting of three separate classrooms. In one room are ten positions representing aircraft and connected by means of radar to mock Control Towers. Each tower has a position for a controller and a “B” stand, and is connected by means of direct telephone (Sched 'F1 cir cuit) to an Area Traffic Control Centre situated in the third room. This trainer has been con structed as authentically as pos sible and enables students to fol low the procedure encountered during the control of a complete Instrument of Visual Flight. Practice is given in R/T patter, Sched ‘F’ patter, Airways Clear ances, Progress Reports, Flight Plans, Arrivals and Departures. Further contact training is obtained at the station Control Tower and on the aerdrome. Visits are also made to an Area Traffic Rescue Co-ordination Centre and a Rescue Unit. Page > HOUSE AND FARM Wiring Exeter Radio & Electric Phone 187-W Prop.: Pon Jolly NOTICE fro Interruption Weather Permitting the Hydro Will Be Off On Sunday Afternoon, April 1 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Fly ing Classrooms Train Radio Officers The Radar and Communica tions School Flight operates a Flying Service for the various Radar and School, Clinton, equipped with Dakota aircraft (047 known to the Royal Cana dian Air Force as “Flying Class rooms” are fitted, with wireless and radar equipment, liasion wireless transmitters, loran, height and surface (H2S) sets. Flight Cadet Radio Officers, Canadian Services College schol ars, Specialist Signals Officers, Radar Technicians and Univer sity flight cadets receive their Airborne training here. The flight cadets are potential Radio Officers in training and their course consists of 3 4 weeks of which 8 weeks are devoted to practical air operating. Each cadet averages 50 hours flying of which 36 is first operator time. Radar Technicians are airmen, undei* training and they are giv en a few hours of airborne radar instruction to assist them in realizing the difficulties borne operation. The University flight are University students under- going Radio Officer Training for three summer periods. After they have successfully complet- ■ ed this training, they graduate as Radio Officers. The radio ground station uses 12 channels for operating two way transmissions to the “Flying Classrooms” when air training is in progress. Flying Control Directs Air Traffic, Rescues The post-war School of Flying Control was established at RCAF Station Pat Bay, then at RCAF Station Trenton and finally, after a brief shut-down, at its present location, Centralia. The first en try commenced training at Cen tralia on the 5tli April 1948 and the School has operated con tinually since that time. The Flying Control Organiza tion is operated for the purpose of ensuring the safety of all air craft, recording all aircraft move ments and rendering aid to air craft encountering difficulties in flight. Flying Control Officers are required to act. as Control lers in either Control Towers, Flying Control Operations of in Rescue Co-cordination Centres. Aircraft' Control Assistants are also employed in these three or ganizations in the capacity of “B” stand o p er at or s whose duties are briefly the mainten ance of logs, records and facil ities hoards, and the operations of land-line communications. The courses for both Flying Control Officers and Aircraft Control Assistants are of eight weeks duration based on a 40 hour, five day week. Instruction is given in Airport Traffic Con trol, Airway Traffic Control, Navigation, Meteroology, Signals Theory, Morse, cue, Synthetic, and ing and Physical Synthetic Trainer To ensure that only posses necessary theoretical knowledge but also the practical ability to capably fulfill their duties, a large proportion of the instructional time is devoted to I synthetic training. For this pur- l of air training courses at the Communications The flight is of air- cadets Search and Res Contact Train- Training. graduates not Administrative Wing Controls Recreation The Chief Administrative Of ficer is responsible for control of the Administrative Wing which incorporates the Officers’ Sergeants’ and Airmen’s Messes, housing project, accommodation and all other matters of an ad ministrative nature pertaining to the station, The station is equipped with a large drill hall used for sports and recreation, including an out door swimming pool and snack bar. There is a 300 seat theatre which, during winter months, shows six different shows per week, and three per week in the summer. A Hobby Shop enables the airmen to carry out leather- eraft and woodworking. The sta tion library contains approxim ately 2000 volumes with all the required reference books and current novels. Meals in all messes are based on balanced diets and are of ex cellent quality prepared under the most sanitary condition. The housing project consists of 185 units, but this is expected to be increased to approximately 300. Maintenance Handles Pla nes, Build ings Maintenance Wing includes not only aircraft but also the Works and Buildings and Supply Sections. Aircraft Maintenance is divided into two squadrons, Servicing and Repair. Flight servicing parties in each hanger are responsible mainly fox* re fuelling, correction of minor un- serviceablities ’ requiring only a short time to make good, clean liness and daily inspection of aircraft within their own parti cular flights. Repair Squadron is responsible for periodic inspec tion of aircraft, engines and components such as the com plete overhaul of hydraulic sys tems, electrical systems and communications installations. ■—Continued on Page Ten , Places affected are EXETER, HENSALL, GRAND BEND, ZURICH, DASHWOOD, CREDITON, CEN- LUCAN, the TRALIA, PARKHILL and Interruptions for repairs to 26,000 the volt GRANTON, surrounding purpo.se of feeder from AILSA CRAIG, RURAL AREAS. making necessary London. H.E.P.C. of Ontario * MV J Seed For Sale Oats REG. BEAVER OATS REG. ERBAN OATS REG. AJAX OATS CERT. CLINTON OATS Commercial Oats Beaver Ajax Cartier Clinton Exeter Alaska v Barley REG. MONTCALM BARLEY REG. GALORE BAR-LEY REG. 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