1926 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 83 



Passengers Carried: 



Total number of passengers carried 1925 1,214 



Average number of passengers carried per flight 0.9 



Average number of passengers carried per machine for 



the season 71 



Number of miles passengers were carried season 1925.. 156,606 



Total number of passengers and personnel carried 1925 3,938 



Flights: 



Total number of flights carried out 1925 1,312 



Average duration of flights 2 . 06 hrs. 



Average number of miles flown per flight 129 



Average altitude flown 1925 1,990 



Average number of flights per day 6.3 



Average number of miles flown season 1925 165,835 



Area covered on fire detection 2,259,725 sq. mis. 



or 1,446,224,000 acres. 



Note. — In comparing the area covered with the operating season of 1924, 

 mention may be made that less requisitions for fire patrol were made in the 

 season of 1925 than in the season of 1924, and a greater number of requisitions 

 for suppression were made in 1925 than in 1924. 



Hours Flown on Various Phases of Flying Operation, 1925: 



Fire detection 1 ,440 . 40 hours. 52 . 5% of total hours. 



Transportation, fire suppression.. . 155.45 " 5.7% 



Sketching 244.42 " 8.9% 



Photography 53.15 " 1.9% 



Transportation, remote 197.40 " 7.2% 



Instructions to observers 26. 50 " . 09% 



Instruction to pilots 55.48 " 2% 



Forced landings 36.04 " 1.3% 



Service transportation 62.05 " 2.2% 



Ferrying 330.41 " 12% 



Demonstration 87 . 40 " 3.2% 



Test 47.27 " 1.7% 



Detection: 



As in the previous years detection was the largest single item in the 1925 

 operating programme and called for 1,440.40 hours flying or 52.5 per cent, of 

 the total year's flying. The eastern section contributed 1,804.56 hours and the 

 western section 932.49 hours. During the month of August the period in the 

 eastern section was particularly dry and the fire hazard extremely grave. All 

 aircraft were kept busy from dawn until dark, patrolling and carrying fire 

 fighting equipment, crews and food, and made as many as eight flights in one 

 day. During the month of August 922.49 hours were flown, which was 34.67 

 per cent, of the total hours for the 1925 flying operations. It is worthy of 

 mention to note that the total flying in the month of August in the eastern 

 section was 552.55 hours or 46.42 per cent, of the total flying for the season 

 1925. In other words the operating personnel in the eastern section, during 

 the month of August, practically flew one-half of the total amount of flying done 

 in this area for the entire season. 



