DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1948 15 



DIXISION OF AIR SERVICE 



General 



During the fiscal period involved, the Service took out a Class 5 Licence 

 as issued by the Air Transport Board. This licence permits of our engaging in, 

 for hire, an>- t\pe of emergenc>- or philanthropic fixing, as well as a certain 

 limited amount of co-operation with timber operators. 



New Construction and Expansion 



Construction has been started on a splendid new addition to the Air Service 

 hangar and work shops. At the time of reporting, this work is well on its wax- 

 to completion. 



The Department of Public Works built for the Department of Lands and 

 Forests, three new summer staff cottages at Orient Ba>-, as well as two at Port 



Arthur and two at Geraldton for all-\ear-round occupanc\-. 



The Air Service also constructed from materials which had been on hand 

 for a couple of years, one summer staft' cottage at Caribou Lake. 



Equipment 



Three new Norseman seaplanes were delix'ered in the earl\- spring of 1947. 

 One was lost on ojjcrations at Poshkokagan Lake duiing the summer. 



The 1 )epartm(.-nt was able to interest a (^madian manufacturer in the 

 design and development of a semi-suppression bush seaplane, designed and 

 built to a specification laid down by our own Department. The Beaver is now 

 actualK- licensed for w heels, skis and fioats and is in i)roduclion. This se.iplane 

 gives ever\- evidence of unusualK' fine performance and the Department has 

 presenth' placed an order for twelve to be delivered as quickh' as the>- can be 

 manufactured. 



During the same period, the I)e|)artment |)urch.isc-(l six w ai-suri)lus I l.u'xards 

 for the express i)urpose of recox'ering the engines, ijropellers and instruments. 



A change has been made in icspect of servicing aircraft radio t-cpiiijuient. 

 Two specially trained men of the Radio .Section of the l)i\ision of i-'orest Pro- 

 tection were assigned to this important work; one with headquarters at Sault 

 Ste. Marie and the other at our Western Divisional Headquarters at Sioux 

 Lookout. .All aircraft radio ser\icinu was done l)\ these two men. 



