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I saw the Link trainers wherever I went to tme various training schools Even the most experienced fliers go bac« to them occasionally to check up any ftaulis whicn imay nave developed or to dearn more about iflying at night or by instruments. Learmng ‘to r4y On The Ground The Link trainer, in its simpler forms, looks like a small training plane, but with the boay and wings snortenâ€" ed, so that it takes up less space than a fullâ€"size plane. ‘The cockpit and controls are of normal size. The "stick‘"‘, which regulates the elevators and movable portions of the wings, and the pedails to operate the tail, are like those in a Cub or other small planes. ‘tThe instrument board has the uve or six instruments needed for orâ€" dinary fiyingâ€"a compass, altitude meter, engine speed indicator and so on. ut in front is a halfâ€"cirele of celluloid or some . similar material which looks like a whirling propellor. There are several models of Link trainers. It is said that the machine was invented by the son of a pipe organ manufacturer, which accounts faet that. the trainerâ€"smactually rides on air inside a leather bag or bellows. The tramers are made in Gananaogque, Ontario. There are many storiese about the development of this trainer, and it is hard to sort out the truth. One verâ€" sion is that the inventor was a Canaâ€" dian, who tried to sell his model to the United States Army, but the offiâ€" cials thought it was just a toy and reâ€" jected it. The thing appeared next in amusement parks, and that is where I first saw one. Compag'ed to presâ€" entâ€"day Link trainers, it really wasn‘t much more than a toy though the principle remained the same. In warâ€" time, the trainer is worth its weight in gold. It is hard to see how pilots of 300â€"mileâ€"anâ€"hour planes could be taught in six months without such help. J About Learning How to Fly a Plane Without Leaving the Ground is ieft to chance. . is (no Cac Inmiual Training 5 "I‘ne buiidings are with no ruom 1O0r hangars, but the fu first iessons in the L with mumniature win to the ground. Fifth of a series of articles on the Royal Canadian Air Force, written specially for the Weekly papers of pointed 0o WIILErs All diulferent. takes at |t I have spoken in previous articles about the unfailing courtesy of the cfficers I met at the various camps and schools. They gave me their valuable time so that readers of the weekly papers of Ontario could read about the Air Training Plan, but they went much farther than merely ansâ€" wering questions: they let me do many of the things the students do. Flying is no novelty to me, but I never had a "ride" in a Link trainer. One day, at Camp Borden, the Goverâ€" norâ€"General was making a tour of inâ€" spection and he was given a tryâ€"out in one of these machines. He seemed to enjoy being whirled around and bumped about and as he climbed from the cockpit, I heard him remark: "We do some funny things sometimes." At that moment, I envied a governorâ€" general for the first and only time. An â€" Ambition Gratified The urge to pilot one of these maâ€" chines came back again as I stood and watched a row of them in operaâ€" tion at the Initial Training School at Eglinton. These were the advanced trainers, with twenty or more instruâ€" ments on the dash and a hood that fitted down over the pilot so that he was The students seemed to be forty or fifty yvears old, a contrast to the youthful faces I had seen at all the other schools. Enquiry showed During t CUusSuOIt nours or i mnim to thi The urge | chines came and watched be forty or to the you all the oths that they w experienced instructors Pilots Get Their First Lessons in the Link Trainer, a Plane with Miniature Wings, but Firmly Anchored to the Ground. An Ambhition Gratified. > Rough Weather Ah(‘ll(“ â€" _â€" us m us * i5; hand it against these t pilots : perienc I take Bishop. wer, Dt winked me." » We vassed structwures ths and opened t} There, in th I ci differt IIli Second Section t Hugh Templin) ast wWar, it was | ‘ "bush pilots‘"‘ and other ers qualifying to become these same machines. guide if I might try my K them. It was strictly iles, he said, and besides were only for advanced wouldn‘t enjoy the exâ€" . But he suggested that uest to Flying Officer ) actual flying ‘at the z senool at Toronto. ire situated in the city, for a fiying field or e future pilots get their hie Link trainer, a plane wings, firmly anchnored nd of war (as has been ; thousands of other and planes are vastly period of training now ix months and nothing I€ much the same ansâ€" ht the Flying Officer e said: "Come with war, it was the pleasâ€" ‘e a pllot some fifty e air, and then sent reaay to fight. This side, a gray bank of clouds. This is where the beginners learn how to fily. I climbed up a few steps and into the cockpit. I put a pair of headâ€" phones on my ears and listened to the instructions that the Flying Officer was giving me, as he turned on the power. He told me how to get the plane bff the ground, how to hold the stick and how my feet should be placed on the pedals. He told me how to turn to the right and the little plane began to swing around in that direcâ€" tion, while the lake and rivers crept past. It wasn‘t long before I was flying around without imuch difficultyâ€"and feeling pretty big about it, too. And all the time I marvelled at how much like actual flyving it really felt. Rough Weather Ahead "Now we are flying on a bumpy day,"‘ the instructor told me, as he reached down and pulled another lever somewhere out of sight. The change was immediate. The plane became hard to control. Memories of actual rides on bumpy days came back vividly. To my surprise the stick suddenly stiffened in my hands and went where it ought to go for correct turns and banks. How long my lesson lasted I could only guess. I was too interested to watch the time. It might have been 20 or 30 minutes. "Whatever it was, I was sorry that I wouldn‘t be having another one every day. Certain spots on the scenery around the . walil â€"are marked with letters. The student may be asked to keep the trainer on that mark and fly toward it in the bump air. Scales which hang down from all four corners of the machine show quite definitely how successful the lesson has been. If the student lacks coordination or has other definite faults, his instructors know it before he ever goes up in a real plane. The advanced Link trainers have much more complicated systems of indicating how well the student is doâ€" ing. The instructor sits at a table with instruments and a chart in front of him. The instruments show how "We‘ll try a little dual instruction now, to give you a better idea how to use the controls." fast the plane is supposed to be going, the altitude and whether it is slimbâ€" ing or descending. A threeâ€"wheeled indicator moves over a chart of ruled paperâ€""the crab,"‘ I think they call it, but it reminded me of a ouija board. Perhaps you remember the ouija. Unâ€" der the pressure of the tips of the fingers, a heartâ€"shaped board supportâ€" ed on three legs. moved over a table and spelled out words. In the trainer, one leg has a small, rubberâ€"tired wheel which draws red lines on the paper to show how well the pilot is doing and where he is flying. The course at the Initial training school takes eight weeks, with lectures, drills, medical tests and the Link trainer giving the students plenty to do. From here, they go to Elementary Flying Training Schools and their Iirst actual flying. Moneta Mine Nets 5.3 Cents for Quarter Ending June 30 Moneta Porcupine Mines has estiâ€" mated net profit of $136,566, equal to 5.37 cents per share in the quarter endâ€" ed June 30, the first quarter of the company‘s fiscal year. This compares with a net of $114,626 or 4.4 cents a share in the preceding three months and $139.,352 or 5.4 cents a share in the June quarter last year. (Next Weekâ€"Mount Hope.) A student in the Link Trainer the microphone. j m Ehe PDorcupine |: Published in Timmins, Ont. Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY a“-.‘. se S T *4 few step»s and into t a pair of headâ€" and listened to the the Flying Officer he turned on the ie how to get the id. how to hold the #ets directions from the instructor at Detonator Caps in Old Shack This Week Tuesday morning the Timmins police deparment released the news that they had fallen into possession of a box of detonator caps, that had been found in Timmins by a small child of five or six years of age. The caps were old, the same brand having gone off the market more than five years ago, but they still were dangerous. / The little child found the detonator caps in an empty shack at the rear of 47 Middleton avenue. They were in a box and there were about a hundred in the box. Police believe that they belonged to some prospector who had left them there. ‘The danger of playing with detonaâ€" tor caps has béen demonstrated in Timmins several times. Several Timâ€" mins youths have lost fingetrs through playing with the small detonators. The detonators are used to explode dynamite and are attached to the fuse. They are only small but they explode with a tremendous force w.d can easâ€" ily tear the hand off a person. One of the biggest dangers in leavyâ€" ing these detonator. caps around is that children may pick them up and Ymall Child Finds play with them, not knowing how danâ€" gerous they are. A child is inclined to bite them and in doing so could quite easily have its face tforn apart. The chief of police has issued_ a reâ€" quest that any person having any of these detonators and not intending to use them should not leave them in an anbandoned shack but should turn them over to the police, who will disâ€" pose of them. . North Bay Nugget: Toâ€"day‘s daffyâ€" nition :. . A circus is a place where the young boy drags his father to see his father have a good time! Herman Russell, of Englehart, padâ€" dled the eighteen miles from Larder Lake to Wendigo on Saturday to visit his father. There were about nine portages over which he had to carry the canoe. He left Larder Lake at o p.m. and reached Wendigo at 11.50 p.m., which is considered good time for a canoe trip of this kind with so many portages. Paddles Eighteen Miles to Pay Visit to His Father aps Are Furned. Over to the Police Who Safely Disâ€" pose of Them. Some day, soon perhaps planes without pilots may speed out on raids over enemy territory, drop their deathâ€"dealing loads and return if they‘re lucky. And even if they‘re not lucky, all that wi‘l bo lost will be the planeâ€"no lives. That‘s the TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 17TH, 1941 DEATHâ€"DEALING RAIDE: BY ROBOT PLANES FORESEEN J.Lyman Murray Tells the Kiwanis Many Interesting Facts Regarding Syria History of Syria Goes Back to 1500 B.C. Civilization in Syria Before There was a British Empire. Ten Naâ€" tionalities in Syria. Other Interesting Information. Timmins Kiwanis Club felt that the address at the Monday luncheon by Mtr. J. Lyman Murray, principal of the Timmins High and Vocational School, was very timely, interesting and inâ€" formative. Mr. Murray spoke with a personal acquaintance with the counâ€" try and its people, so his address on "Syria‘" had authority as well as inâ€" terest. In opening his address Mr. Murray referréd to former methods of teaching geography.. There was a tendency to concentrate on one country at a tnme while the real need seemed to be to keep the various countries in more or less association. as it was. impossible to gather a complete knowledge of any country without knowing something about its relations with its neighbours and other nations. Mr. Murray brought two maps with him and these illustrated in very graphic way some of the points he made. One of the maps pictured Europe over a hundred years ago. A later map showed a very marked difference, while the present conditions in the world have been making such decided differences in boundaries and form of government as to be startling when viewed in any comprehensive way. Syria, Mr. Murray pointed out is very much in the public eye at the present time. Even apart from this it has much of interest to offer the student of world affairs. The history of Syria, he said, goes back 1,500 years. Some people, he suggested, had the idea that civilization began with the British. He showed, however, that Syria was a civilized and progressive country before the British Empire came into being. Damascus in Syria is the oldest inhabited city that is known. That city, he added, has the greatest record in the world as a trading centre, and it has wide fame on this and other accounts, Syria has been known as cradle of history," Mr. Murray said, "and it is of much interest to follow its strikâ€" ing history. In all great wars Syria has taken its part and in practically all of them, there has been fighting on Syrian soil. There are ten separate nationalities in Syria. There is no deâ€" Modern Syria, as the speaker menâ€" tioned, is divided into four states. He made particular mention of the Druses who live in the central part of Syria., The Druses are the toughest fighters known.> Members of the French Forâ€" eign Legion (tough folks themselves) preferred death rather than to fall into the hands of the Druses, men or women, the speaker said, as he reâ€" ferred to various conflicts that afâ€" fected Syria. Syria is not a colony of France, as some appear to think. The League of Nations classed it as an autonomous state, but gave France a mandate to see to its control and govâ€" ernment. finite mother tongue. ants,"‘ said Mr. Murrey, any language perfectly, understand a number of guages. Mr. Murray referred to a.number of id facts about Syris. The French fullowed rather drastic methods in possibility inherent in t airplane, beside which champion, Jim Walker him are the trophies he i fightling on ten separate here is no daeâ€" "‘The inhabitâ€" doe not speak but they do different lanâ€" "D" Company Will Not Hold Parade Till September dealing with People must be each day, the found on the is shot by the dealing with the natives of Syria. People must be off the strets by 3 a.m. each day, the speaker said. Anyonse found on the street after that hour i$ shot by the French police. Mr. Murray added zest to his adâ€" dress by a number of interesting storles of personal experiences. He told of the difficulty in getting travel permits to move from place to place, from the French authorities. . Other incidents in the history of Syria were given due prommencc and references were miade to â€"industries,. farming and other branches of activity. In answer to the question that is taking prominent place in the popular mind these daysâ€""What is going to happen to Syria, Mr. Murray said that it appeared that the country wili only have peace and prosperity under naâ€" tional government. The speaker was thanked by Kiâ€" wanian Frank Young, on behalf of the Kiwanis Club. President W. O. Langdon occupied the chair in his usual able way, and a special feature of the occasion was the singing by President Langdon, whose solo was much appreciated. The War Savings certificate for the day was won by Kiwanian Jack Pulâ€" ton. ceiving missal officer made summer â€" m( Company we be called ou It was poinled Out DY LitUWWIdilL Countryman that the syllabus of trainâ€" ing for the Regiment called for thirty nights of training in the next fifty weeks. No definite word has been reâ€" ceived here yet in regard to several of the NC.O.‘s taking a special course of instruction in August, in this radioâ€"controlled model hich kneels the new national lker, 37, of Portland. Beside s he has won. Lieutenant G. G. commanding "D he announcement for any Sp ike place ir f "D" Company at the Monday night. Regular gin again in September 16 r parades for the Members of the to be prepared to ny special parades Lieutenant Published in Timmins, Ont. Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY T wo T immuins T axiDrivers Convicted on Charge of Stealing Company Gas Two Former Cartier Taxi Drivers Will Spend Some Time at Haileybury After Tuesday‘s Court. Hearing Starts to Get a Bit Rough Near the End But Magistrate Quietâ€" ens It. Joseph Houle and Lucien Fillion, former Cartier Taxi Cab drivers, won‘t be driving cars for some time. They were sent to Haileybury on Tuéesday by Magistrate Atkinson after a rather stormy hearing into the theft of a quantity of gasoline‘ at the Cartier Taxi pump on Wilson avenue. Houle faced two charges and received a sixtyâ€"day sentence on each of them while Fillion was given thirty days on one charge that he faced. Houle‘s sentences will run concurrently. had told Mr. Vaillancourt about it the next day. Mrs. Armstrong said that she also had noticed Houle filling his car on the morning of June 22nd. She and her husband had been walking down the street towards the river when they noticed the car at the pump. When asked by Mr. Kester how she knew i% was Houle‘s car she said that it was a gren car and she was certain that If was his. Sergeant Gariepy took the stand and Eddie Vaillancourt, manager and owner of the Cartier Taxi Company, was the first witness to take the stand on Tuesday and he testified that both men had formerly driven cars for the Cartiecr Taxi Company. At the time the charges were laid Fillion was still working for the company but Houle had been let out some months ago. He explained how the gas was hanâ€" dled by the company. He said that the company employs a car washer and after he washes a car he usually fills the tank with gas at the comâ€" pany‘s private tank. Some times a car needs gas before it is washed again and in that event the driver gets the key from the office and drives down Wilson avenue to the pump and fills the gas tank himself. After this is done the key is returned to the office. Constable Guolla said that while he and Constable Amlin were parked on Wilson avenue they saw a Cartier Taxi at the pump refilling and while the taxi was there another car had driven up to the pump. They investiâ€" gated and when they arrived at the pump they found Houle filling the tank of his own car. Fillion explained that Houle was getting five gallons of gas and would pay for it on payâ€"day. EFach of the constables asked Fillion if he had permission from Vaillanâ€" court to let Houle have the gas and Fillion answered that they were both going back to the taxi stand to charge the gas. The dispatcher at the taxi stand said that he had given the key to the pump to Fillion so that he could get some gas but didn‘t know that Houle would receive any gas. When Fillion returned after he had filled up and after the police had been to the taxi stand he made out a bill for Houle. The magistrate commented that if the police had not been encountered the bill would probably have never be?n made out. In taking the defence for himself, Fillion said that he had gone to the pump to get gas and while he was reâ€" filling Houle approached. Houle, Filâ€" lion added, was a brotherâ€"inâ€"law. He had personally taken the responsibilâ€" ity of giving him five gallons of gas and intended to make out a bill for it as soon as he returned to the stand. He said that if the lights on Houle‘s car had flickered, he had not seen The police also went to the taxi stand and after some time they locatâ€" ed Vaillancourt and asked him if Houle was allowed to get gas on credit at the company tank. Vaillancourt answered that he had not given any person perâ€" mission to use the tank, so the officers looked around for Fillion and placed him under arrest that night,. Houle was picked up the next "day. Cba‘x‘;ta‘bab‘ Amlin said that he noti¢ed the hghis of the Houle car go on and off several times before he drove to the tank to fill up. car them Houle then took the stand and it was during his evidence that the hearing began to get a bit stormy. He said that he had worked at the Cartier for five or six months last year and that on the night that he got the gas at the Cartier pump he had seen A couple of girls on the sidewalk. It was raining out that night so he had HAarided tn #vive the rirls a ride home. was raining out that night so he had decided to give the girls a ride home. He didn‘t have much gas so he had gone to the Cartier pump to see if he could get five gallons till pay day. Houle said that he had never got any gas from the pump before and then Crownâ€"Attorney Caldbick asked him if he had been at the pump on June 2nd, five days previous. Defence Council Dean Kester got to his feet and said that the crown attorney had no business asking that question beâ€" cause it had something to do with anâ€" other charge against Houle, He reâ€" marked that he didn‘t like the idea of the crownâ€"attorney going on a fishing expedition like that. Magistrate Atkinson then Ssail Ulidt he had no doubt that the pair were guilty and that the evidence tendered by Houle was dripping with guilt. He said he was going to register a convicâ€" tion and asked to hear the evidence in the other charge against Houle., In the second charge, a Mr. Armâ€" strong, who works at the garage where the gas pump is located, said that he saw Houle putting gas in his car on the morning of June 22nd. The ofâ€" fence took place at about six o‘ciock in the morning, the witoerso Ht question hing to do with nst Houle., He ild it Mrs. Armstrong said that she also had noticed Houle filling his car on the morning of June 22nd. She and her husband had been walking down the street towards the river when they noticed the car at the pump. When asked by Mr. Kester how she knew it was Houle‘s car she said that it was a gren car and she was certain that If was his. Sergeant Gariepy took the stand and said that earlier in the morning, he, accompanied by Constables Beaulne and Handley, had been going to the river in the police car and had noticed the Houle car parked across the street from the Cartier pump. When he was asked how he knew it was Houle‘s car, he answered that it had a lot of "dooâ€" dads" on it and was the only car like it in Timmins. The sergeant also supplied the licence number of the zsar. Eddie Vaillancourt said that he had not given Houle permission to get gas at the pump or. that occasion either and that Houle had not gone around to the stand to offer to pay for the gas that he took. Houle took the stand in Mis own defence and said that on one of the occasions that he was accused of takâ€" ing gas, he may have been in the vicinity of the pump, because he was working at the Broulan mine and used to pick up a load of fellow workers at that corner. On the other occasion he had gone to the tank to see one of the Cartier drivers who was there. He was supposed to go fishing that morning and the Cartier driver was supposed to get some fish hooks for him the night before. He denied that he had been there at six o‘clock but said that he had been there about fourâ€"thirty and had then gone home. Mr. Kester then started to sum up the case and said that it was very strange that the Armstrongs had not made any report to the police or to Mr. Vaillancourt when they were cerâ€" tain that the gas was being stolen. He also suggested that the evidence given by the Armstrongs be viewed with suspicion. At this point Mr. Armstrong rose to his feet to object but he was waved down by the magisâ€" trate and the crown attorney. When the crown attorney started to sum up he pointed out that Mr. Armâ€" srong ‘had fmiade a report to Eddie Vaillancourt the next day after he had seen the offence and he added that he could see no reason why the evidence of these two people shouldn‘t be believed. Magistrate Atkinson agreed with the crown attorney and said that he could see nothing wrong with the evidence of the Armstrongs, who as disinterâ€" ested persons had given straightâ€"forâ€" ward and truthful evidence. He said he was going to register a conviction and gave Houle two months on each count while Fillion drew one month on his charge. Headmaster Ready to Coâ€"operate With Pupil (Edinburgh Scotsinan A correspondent reports eryphal story about an F schoolboy who was seen St cigarette on a tramcar the C and was reported t NiSs I Next day the unfortunate summoned to the "head‘s" sooner was he inside the the headmaster said, "LO0 lad, if you tell me‘ where y cigarettes, T‘ll excuse you for a week." ‘ COL. O. M. BIGGAR, K.C. Ganadian Chairman, Canadaâ€"Unitâ€" ad States Defence Board. Photoâ€"Public iInformation. Sudbury â€" Star:â€""Deteriorated describe international relations, 1 ing quite a run. 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