ELEMENTARY, TRAINER training aircraft - The turbojet-powered Tutor ts RCAF’s new elementary jet trainer - and aleo_ the — first single-engine side seating. GOOD LUCK ~SERVICEMEN rR On ARMED FORCES | if TUNE. SS co Plan to attend and ‘support the ed RCAF. student pilots into the | evaluating most of. year 1966 pointing forward on | aircraft av ailable in the western | a route toward all jet train- Debbie pring. g to. have aite-ty: Ne w bantam jet aircrai | “ARGUS “GIANTS. WITH 100 EYES” ground handling a 70-knot. stal- tions mandate-w was “established | ‘replaces famous Harvard tt aeroplane has whisk- ; A Senta 7 the training ‘CLEAN LINED The bantam is the Tutor, a Externally, the Tutor fe a inew jet trainer which RCAF | b elean-lined aeroplane % feet Training Command’ accepted in long; spaning 36 feet, 9 9 feet tall, ceremonies at Winnipeg on June and weighing 7,393 pounds. It 18, 1964. | has .a side-by-side seating ar- The Command started im } rangement, tricycle ‘ undercar- tiage, T-tail assembly, and a power plant able to generate a maximum speed of mph. structor training on the | at the RCAF. Station “Moose Jaw, Sask., where a pilot train- Ying syHabus will be proved i The RCAF has ord 190. the Tutor and then put into | Tutorst and these are being tice with qualified pilots the manufactured) at Canadair’s Number One Flying Instructor | Cartierville plant ‘north of Mon- School, also at Moose Jaw. ' treal. Graduates from the first in-. Entry of the Tutor into _ the structor course will, in turn. RCAF will allow Training Com- start converting other pilot in mand to school new “pilots on structors to the Tutor from the | jets from their first flight. A Havard aircraft. The Havard, a star inthe British Common. | wealth Ait Training Plan of the | Second * World War. and the | NATO Training Program, has served as a basic and advanced | complete instructional concern with one aircraft type that the service expects to result in a | more effective and uniform pro- ' gram designed to — present and future needs. trainer to more pilots than any At present, the yuadentiy of aircraft in any era. It was re- RCAF, Pilots are trained for tired. during the latter part of initial duty with the Canadian , | Air Division.in Europe and the With the intoduction of the | | Air Defence Command, in Can-' Squadrons in “both “these RCAF has cut about nine weeks | \forces are equipped with high- | off its--pilot training- program | | speed and high attitude aircraft which lasted 60:weeks, inclusive, | and the RCAF has long .consid-. ered it necessary that future pilots be exposed to high-speed Now. asitie’ from 12 weeks of | and high-altitude flight at the the progression of | The Tutor will not ‘only fam- training for pilots is 51 weeks |fliarize.the new -pilot with all | the aspects of jet flight at. the academic | earliest stage in their training. | start of his training but will, as the air force plans, it enable him to have a greatef amount ‘ot. jet flying experience before. | he goes to operational aircraft. A basic and time saving point | Canadian Armed Forces. ~ } 1964 and early 1965. : 4 Tutor .as a basic trainer ‘the | | ada. |" ||| Summerside Air, Base J of a leave period of two weeks | “ > fat midterth, |- initial military and ‘The Co-Op Supermarket ot : divided between basic’ ‘flying : y training‘on the Tutor and ad-° Water St. Summerside | yanced diying, With this in be : Hore : 5 ing, the RCAF has realized a 3 ; ’ plan begun several years ago to 7 c convert to Basic jet training. A Sa in clted in the Tutor’s favour as a Se _- | sideby-side seating for student : | and. instructor in a comfortable Teg Ws ARMED FORCES DAY SUMMERSIDE, JUNE th Plan To Attend - - There’ s Fun For All __ . coekpit about the same size as the front seat of a compact auto- mobile. In ‘this arrangement voice contact with his teach- —er, allowing mutual observation “| and monitoring. This does away with many problems of the tan- dem seating arrangement for flying instruction which has been compared: to” “trying to teach t Good Luck To All Servicemen iL General Contractor Williams, Murphy ont Macleod | | Summerside training craft arises from the } student is in complete: visual | q | MORE ADVANCED. ;plan that involved testing and | mathematics by having student In some respects the Tutor might seem more an advanced | than a basic trainer, considering its ability to reach an altitude of 15,00 feet in 4.6 minutes, 30,- 000 feet in 13 minutes, and oper- ate at a service ceiling to 43. | 000 feet. However,-the aircraft Watch, of Canadian Forcé’-Base | has numerous characteristics Gagetown ‘N.B., and ‘‘B’’ Squad- which give its basic trainer ex- ee It has good low and CFB Petawawa, Ont., from the high speed handling qualihes, fifth contirgent Canada has sent full manoeuverability, _ease of to Cyrrus since the United Na- ee he ee ear ee | 16 The Gunrian-The Bening Patrlot ng. speed with flaps down, ajon the troubled . Mediterranean | comp tick:shaker stall warning,- and jisland in March, 1964. minimum visibility obstruction. A demonstration training mis sion of one and a half hours on the Tutor has included a take-off and-clumb to 15 15 minutes of man ering, a "| greckics forced landing, a re TANK KILLER The Canadian Army was the rocket killer, \Gustav | tata hteiidvenn circuits prior landing. All this with fuel re- | © |ether: NATO amiss feet, equipped early in 1966 with. the | infantry batallion’s new tank | 84-millimeter Carl | launcher. The [Swedish weopon is also used by Diefenbaker Has Criticism | Of Federal Spending, Sore2 OTTAWA (CP)~The ‘federal government. has gong; qn a spending spree at a time when Canadians‘are paying~ 'the> high- est taxes’: ever, Opposition Leader Diefenbaker told the Commons. The-Commons was s studying @ budget resolution to change in come tax gulations. He said the defénce headquar: | ters slated for downfown Ottawa. is being built ‘for the glorifica- tion of the minister of defence.” Another example of the gov- ernment’s attitude was’ State Secretary Judy flying to see whether Canadian$ are “artistically attracted ~ ARMED Mees serves providing for an addition- -al operation of 20 minutes at NATO FORCE maximum endurance power. Canadian. Army . and RCAF | forces under NATO FIFTH CONTINGENT total nearly 13,000 all ranks. in Europe Summerside DAY JUNE 11th. HAROLD P. FOY Your Canadian Oil Dealer having a $6,000,000 pictu> the national gallery.” “The fabulous increases 1n ey penditures ,by this. governyiont after its ‘promisas of econ: mv are’ becoming more and more apparent by the degree to which me? this government” has gone on 4. spending spree.’ There could be no excuse tor putting up the 38-storey defence building, which could wind up costing“ taxpayers as much as $150,000.000. “Across this nition. we- have LaMarsh’s kite people who find it difficult to carry on in the face of the in- to creasing cost of living.” Good Luck to All Servicemen on FORCES P. E. If ac The 2nd Battalion, . The Black ron, 8th Canadian Hussars, of SALUTE Forces ¢ on... Canada’s Armed ae Forces: Day ‘we 11 JUNE 1966 “Canadian Armed —} JENKINS BROS. LTD. Summerside, { ‘ Support Your C Forces 2 REL ARMED FORCES DAY Summerside. Rirport > A. JUNE 11th Gand Luck Servicemen . PELL AUTO : DEALERS = - ~ ASSOC. ARMED FORCES DAY - JUNE Ith. | fe Gead Luck inte @ Enjoy All The Thrills and Excitement ° Fun For The Whole Fomly. ‘ATLANTIC WHOLESALERS — We salute the members af the Canadian Forces on . feces. _ ARMED FORCES DAY Make it a date to ate Ik the celebrations at RCAF Station in Summerside this Saturday! ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION | Charlottetown Branch | \