ANZAC BIRDMEN.
EXTRAORDINARY J-PTITUDE. •_ LONDON, July 10-. Colonel E. H.. Reynolds (Staff Officer ' of Aviation with the A.1.F.), interviewed, said the Australians showing • -an anxiety to fly have extraordinary aptitude, invariably beating all-comers m examinations. Royal Flying Corps officers freely agree with urging, the A."..-"*. to 1 supply more pilots and mechanics, pointing, out that it will be valuable- to hava a; reserve of airmen after the war. ' Colonel Reynolds recently sent a squadron of mechanics "to the V&F.C. teseV ' The commander wa_ "enthusiast!., aiid ' sportingly offered ten . pounds sterling for each, provided they' were £Uowed $o 'remain!- Colonel Reynolds- ascribes rate results to the high ■' standard of Au^-t-ralian-education! The Australian F|yinjjfV, Corps now -has various trainiug casni^s m; 'England. .A : portion of the strength has. lately gone to. France. TJje squadron's, though incoriiorated m t_ti_ R.E.C. squadrons, remain purely .Australian. Some vacancies are fiUed "By • bbrroWmg Australian-born fliers from. the R.F.C., who appreciate the desjr-Q of Australians to serve together, . >•
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14354, 20 July 1917, Page 3
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