Determined to live up to their motto "Be Prepared," the Scout troop at Walton are learning to fly in order that they will be qualified to assist airmen who find themselves in difficulties. They, arc attending regular lessons at Brooklands Aerodrome, where they study the mechanism of the aeroplanes, with which thev are now almost as familiar as that of motor-ears. "If an airman had to make a forced landing," said Scoutmaster Revis lately, "members of i;iy troop would be able to assist with minor repairs, give him his bearings, inform him of local weather conditions, and, if necessary, get him new fuel. Later on they make flights of their own. In this part of the country it is not an uncommon thing for an airman to find himself in difficulties,"
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20756, 17 January 1933, Page 5
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