Canadian Fnrcstrii Journal, September, 191S 



1879 



that a forest worker — of hii^h or low wood tree and tell the peculiarities of 

 degree should be a])le to dislinguisli each. He mcsl he a man of attain- 

 between a hardwood and a soft- ments in forest science. 



B. C. Air Patrol Scheme Not Abandoned 



( Vancouver Province.) 



FLYING BOAT MEETS MISHAP. 



Vancouver, Sept. i. — While flying 

 at a height of about 1,000 feet this 

 afternoon, Lieut. V. A. Bishop, who 

 was testing a hydro-aeroplane recent- 

 ly built for forestry patrol by the 

 Provincial Government, fell, landing 

 squarely on top of the residence of 

 Dr. J. C. Parish, in the main part of 

 the west end of the residential district. 

 The impact of the fall dislodged the 

 engine, which went crashing through 

 the upper story of the house, with 

 Lieut. Bishop following it, into the 

 bathroom. Lieut. Bishop was said 

 not to be seriously injured. 



The mishap at Vancouver i;a which 

 the hydroplane built for the use of 

 the Forest Branch of the Department 

 of Lands was wrecked, is deeplv 

 regretted by Hoq. T. D. PattuUo, 

 Minister of Lands, who returned to 

 the city yesterday afternoon from a 

 three weeks' tri*p to Prince Rupert 

 and who w^as expecting to have the 

 air machine brought to Victoria 

 shortly, wh.en, it was planned, a for- 

 mal ceremony inaugurating the first 

 air forest protection servite would be 

 held. 



Last Thursday the machine was 

 tested by Flight Comrnander Mac- 

 kenz^.e, who stopped off in Vancouver, 

 while en route back to England to 

 resume service with the Royal Flying 

 Corps, and Flight Lieutenant Grant, 

 both of Victoria, Some time previ- 

 ously Flight Commander Mackenzie 

 had given the machine a test, when 

 certain defects developed which were 

 remedied and the flights last Thurs- 

 day were in the nature of final tests. 

 Four flights were made, Mr. Caver- 

 hill and one of the Forest Branch 

 employees going up as passengers. 

 These flights were apparently satis- 

 factory and the machine was declared 



by the two experts to be generally 

 sound. On the strength of that 

 report arrangements were made with 

 the lloffar Bros., Company, which 

 manufactured the plane, to take it 

 over, Mr. G. R. Naden, Deputy Min- 

 ister of Lajids, who witnessed the 

 tests, officiating for the departmenL 

 Government Leased Machine. 



The machine, which cost between 

 $7,500 and $8,000 to construct, was 

 not purchased outright by the (jOv- 

 ernment, but was leased for a year, 

 the Government stipulating to keep 

 it in repair for a period of two and 

 one-half months. Hon. Mr. Pattullo 

 stated last night that the Govern- 

 ment would pay for the damage done 

 to the machine yesterday as well as 

 for repairs to the dwelling upon which 

 it fell. 



Keen regret at the accident was 

 expressed by Hon. Mr. Pattullo, who 

 has taken great interest in the inau- 

 guration of an air service as an 

 adjunct to the forest protection sys- 

 tem. It was a unique departure, 

 but one which, because of the proven 

 adaptability of the airship for com- 

 mercial uses , and the certainty of 

 the future use of flying machines in 

 many lines, was bound to prove most 

 valuable. 



The Minister stated that such a 

 service would prove most effective 

 in that an air machine would be able 

 to cover a great extent of territory, 

 and by reason of the height to which 

 they could go the observer would be 

 able to kec}) watch over a great area 

 and promptly ascertain the lirst 

 signs of an outbreak of forest fire. 

 The utilization of the airship method 

 would necessitate considerable pre- 

 liminary work in the way of organiz- 

 ing the service, and it was planned 

 to carry on this work this winter, so 



