London, Nov.18.
The British press today gives prominence to the award of the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) to two young Royal Air Force pilots, one of whom learned to fly es a member of the Busmen's Flying Club.
This particular pilot was granted his licence after only half an hour's flying every day for a fortnight. He became e Fringe, in. April This fact, experienced airmen point out, illustrates the efficiency of the RAF's training system, whereby volunteers and' untrained enthusiasts rapidly become brilliant and daring pilots. The system has now been extended on an Empire-wide scale.
The main training centre is in Canada, where 2,000 recruits are now being trained, with between 10,000 and 15,000 men on the waiting-list.
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