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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



One junior pilot was graduated from the air engineer ranks and was passed 

 for service as Junior Pilot B. 



Five air engineers were given flying instruction and each successfully carried 

 out a series of solo practice flights at Sault Ste. Marie. Four of these engineer 

 pilots received the R.C.A.F. refresher course on light machines at Camp Borden 

 and satisfactorily carried out solo flights on this type. 



One senior pilot was tested and turned down as not being up to the standard 

 required by the Service. 



Two engineers were given preliminary flying instruction and are not being 

 continued with. 



One junior pilot A was given preliminary flying instruction and posted as 

 a pilot helper on operations. 



One engineer (applicant pilot) received instruction and is recommended 

 for further instruction in 1927. 



One observer (applicant pilot) was given trial flights and recommended for 

 instruction in 1927. 



Operation Statistics: 



The increased activity in almost every phase of the season's operations is 

 reflected in the statistical summary given below. The total number of flights, 

 average number of flights per day, average altitude, number of miles flown, and 

 weights carried, all show increases. The average duration of flight is 1.46^ 

 hours as compared with 2.06 hours in 1925, the decrease caused partly by the 

 greater number of short suppression and instructional flights, and partly by the 

 tendency toward a policy of shorter patrols and quicker reporting of fires. 



Flights: 



Total number of flights 



Average duration of flight 



Average miles flown per flight 



Average altitude 



Average number of flights per day 



Average number of flights per day per machine on days 



machines employed 



Number of miles flown 



Load: 



Total load — weight carried 



Total operating load carried 



Eflfective or pay load carried 



Passengers Carried: 



Total number of passengers carried 



Average number of passengers per flight 



Average number of passengers per machine 



Total number of passengers and personnel carried 



1926 



1,994 



1.463^ hrs, 

 115 

 3,197 ft. 



10.6 



2.11 

 230,991 



3,249,372 



2,589,959 



659,413 



1,636 

 .82 

 102 



5,624 



1925 



1,312 



2.06 hrs. 



129 



1,990 ft. 



6.3 



165,835 



2,364,275 



1,810,735 



553,540 



1,214 



0.9 



71 



3,938 



Following are given the statistics of Service efficiency for 1926. It is to 

 be noted that of the 2,651 possible machine days from the beginning of the 

 season to the end, machines were unserviceable on only 117 days, as compared 

 with 2,729 possible machine days in 1925 and machines unserviceable on 229 

 days; of the remaining 2,534 serviceable machine days, machines were employed 

 on 944, available and idle on 793, and weather was unfit for flying on 797 days. 



