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In order that the equipment of the service might be further brought up to 

 date, purchase was made of the De Havilland 61 float seaplane powered with a 

 Bristol Jupiter engine of 500 h.p. This machine carries eight passengers, baggage 

 and equipment, fuel for five hours and a range of some 550 miles at cruising 

 speed. 



The usefulness of a machine of this type is at once apparent as it means that 

 it can be employed for transporting rangers, pumps and equipment to remote 

 parts of the province, which ordinarily would be outside the range of the existing 

 types of machines of the Service. 



In addition, complete dusting apparatus can be installed and the preliminary 

 tests of this have proved satisfactory. 



The Minister of Lands and Forests was flown on an extensive tour of the 

 province in the D.H. 61 machine. This flight covered the areas from Temagami 

 north to Rupert House across James Bay to Albany Post and thence to Red 

 Lake and Woman Lake areas in the Patricia District of the province. Thus in 

 some 143^ hours' flying a vast area of Ontario was covered, an area which by any 

 other means would have taken months. 



The H.S.2. L. flying boat still maintains its usefulness for heavy duty work, 

 such as fire suppression duties and transportation. 



Organization — Flying Operations. 



For the operating season of 1928, an alteration was made in the district 

 administration. 



The Central District was dispensed with and the bases previously in this 

 district were absorbed by the Eastern and Western. Headquarters in these 

 districts were at Sault Ste. Marie and Sioux Lookout, respectively. The dis- 

 position of aircraft in the Western District was as follows: — 



Sioux Lookout Moths — PA. and OV. 



H.S.2.L.— OG, OK, ON. 



Gold Pines H.S.2.L.— OF, OQ. 



Fort Frances H.S.2.L.— OJ. 



Kenora Moth— PB. 



H.S.2.L.— OP. 



Orient Bay H.S.2.L.— OR. 



Shebandowan H.S.2.L. — PE. 



The Eastern District consisted of: — 



Sault Ste. Marie Moth— PC. 



Sudbury Moths— OW and OX. 



Biscotasing Moth — OZ. 



Remi Lake Moth — OY. 



Oba Lake Moth— OU. 



H.S.2.L.— OA. 



Long Lac H.S.2.L.— 01. 



Reconditioning. 



As in previous years during the operating period, the work of reconditioning 

 aircraft engines, when they became due for their overhaul, was carried out at 

 the base at Sault Ste. Marie. In order that the utmost efficiency may be main- 

 tained at this base, all the work in connection with the overhaul of aircraft and 

 engines is supervised by the plant superintendent, who is directly responsible 

 to the director. 



