"WINGS" IN FIVE DAYS
CIVIL AIR GUARD RECRUIT [from oub own correspondent] LONDON, Sept. 15 The distinction, of, being the first Civil Air Guard recruit to fly "solo" has fallen to an 18-year-old Londoner, Douglas Cunningham. His flight was made after only five days' training, in which he had received a total of nine hours 40 minutes dual flying instruction.
Tho Civil Air Guard, Britain's new national organisation, in emergency may fulfil many useful duties in connection \vith the Royal Air Force. In the week that has elapsed since the scheme came into being more than 24,000 men and women between' theages of 18 and 50 have applied to learn to lly- Arrangements are being rapidly made to meet their fequirements for instructors, ground engineers and aeroplanes. , The machine used for training Cunningham was an Avro Cadet, a biplane trainer with two seats in tnhdem and powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major seven-cylinder radial aircooled 140 h.p. engine. From the time of its introduction, some years ago, the Cadet has been a highly successful training, macliino, combining structural strengtli with ease of maintenance and the invaluable quality of bringing a pupil "flying sense" very soon } .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23162, 7 October 1938, Page 15
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