The Archive · 1939

Competent Instructors

'The flying training is carried out by Squadion Leader P. H. Smith, Flight-Lieut, G. P. Longfleld and Mr, E, Bedeli, whilst the engineering, Staff' and instructors are under the charge of Alt. V. J. Neyle, who is assisted "by Messrs. "MeCombe and Watt." A Chinese liaison officer is on the strength of the school's stof, and his duty is to assist in maintaining close touch between instructors and pulls. At the time of my visit there were "about 90 pupils undergoing training in either flying or ground engineering, und some pupils were taking the combined flying and en gineering course, One of the activities of his establishment is the training of the Alr Arm of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps. This section of the volunteers consists of (en selected members who fare obliged to undergo and pass the "B" licence medical examination before selection. This unit is not un-ike an auxiliary Afr Force unit in England, The members doing their training in their own time and ustalat week-ends.

Apart from its training of the Hongkong. Alr Arm the school has also a contract with the Air Ministry for Royal Air Force Reserve training, and it is the only Royal Air Force Reserve school outside England. This training is exactly the same as in the civil schools in England, and consists of the usual 20 hours each year for the reserve pilot.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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