“A -Victoria.man ‘recently “acquired the sole Canadian distributor-
: Ship. for a series of fight trainers and will establish his head office

“at© Victoria International ‘Airport.

He ‘is Greville H. Fox who is

already president of Victoria Audio. Vv isual Services, alocal company,
with branch offices ‘in Saskatoon: ‘and Winnipeg.

Pilot,.

electronic: expert and- businessman, Mr. "Fox ‘has “just

“returned from: Binghamton, | New: York where he successtully nego-~

tiated a. contract: for: the: valuable. agency. :

Implementing. the many

Plans: ‘associated with the-deal will take a large: sum: of money and
onsiderable: organizing’. ability: but, after. a brief chat. with this

“versatile man,” one is left. with the impression that it will be done}.

cin an- orderly. manner,
“Link. Group, “makers < sof. the’
new ‘trainers, is: a division of

Singer-General Precision Inc.,

of ‘New. York and has in recent
: = years produced flight simulators
“for -many “military and com-

mercial . aircraft. including B58

_bombers, DC8s and 707s.. These
‘provide as:near as possible ex-

: “act Yeproductions of. flight deck
: layouts . -with controls: and. com-
_ “plete. instrumentation. Even
“though their ‘cost ‘often runs in

”exeéss of a million dollars, they:
=. “essentially. within_ the.

-2-provide, ..
L classroom, ° an economical and
“realistic. form of flying ‘train-
~ing for new. pilots and refresher
: training ‘for the w more experienc-

ede. Se
Le The. same company, which em-

loys ‘nearly 6,000. workers, has -
built: simulators for the Gemini«
‘In:
ronauts can. accurately”
simulate, the: lunar approach, |
ding, stay. on the moon," as-:

io space missions, :

“cension “from “the - surface’ and
“subsequent docking’ with the or
ting ¢ command module.

struments: -to.ccarry “out.”

_ Simpler general purpose flight’
trainers have been made by. Link
for over 40 years and every
military pilot *trained” in “Can-
ada, U.K,, “U.S.A, and several
other’ countries during those
years . has: logged. many. hours
in “The Link’ 20 rr
7 Essentially: this widely: ‘used
device: only vaguely resembled
an aircraft. in. shape. but’ was
equipped with a reasonable fac~
simile of aircraft controls and
a standard instrument panel.

Thus. "through_ its..change-in_at-. .

titude and general response. to

“being flown”, it did simulate’

actual flight even though it never
rose an inch from the class-
room floor.

- With the. canopy closed and
no.-visual. references to outside
objects, the ‘student was com-
pelled: to rely entirely: on ‘ine
his
assigned exercise, “Failure to
maintain. the. proper. simulated
airspeed “would result ina fairly

“authentic: stall--and) much .em-
_olbarrassment: to-the trainee. In

fact: few.events are more amus~
ing than the sight. ofan in-
structor. frantically chasing the

tail of a spinning. trainer which;
had’ been. permitted to stall by.

an. inexperienced
handed’’ young pilot.
In any case, time took its toll
of the ‘old “‘Links’’ and recent
new.
of electronics made it. possible
to create new ‘flight trainers
which: more faithfully reproduce
the characteristics of light air-
craft for ine flying: student. °

and ‘‘ham-

In the Link’ GAT-1 (General
“Aviation Trainer), the pilot ac-

tually sees, feels and hears what. Gr
‘‘] on. establishing his head office

its like. to fly. It is fully equip-

-ped to provide instruction~ ~in
instrument.

take- offs, landings,
approaches, various radio and
navigation” exercises, etc. Tt
will’ sellin Canada for $14,000
to $19,000 and is already widely
used in. American high schools
and flying schools.

more sophisticated and more ex-
pensive. They. offer -realistic
training for twin engine
craft and for jet-powered flight.

‘Like the .GAT-1i, they may be

bought outright or leased,
Greville Fox-won the Canad~
ianlagency for these three train-
ers against stiff competion from
other interested parties and will
establish a new company. in a

new. building now. nearing com~

pletion. at the local airport. He
has yet-to select a name for the

| business.

For exciting holiday variety, your
home province has it all. From big

developments in: the field’

air- ps

To provide ' proper... coverage
and service throughout the coun-
try, branch offices will be opened
in. the. Maritimes, Montreal, and
in the Prairie Provinces, “In
addition, Mr.-Fox plans to open
Wa. number of schools..where the

bythe. hour... In-them, any pilot
will, be able ‘to obtain refresher
training and brush up.on bad
weather. proceedures and ‘flight
safety medsures. :

With 80% of the business to be
derived from this agency coming
from Eastern Canada, one won-
ders. why. Greville Fox insisted

at the Victoria Airport... The
answer is simply that he Hives
in Victoria, he likes everything.
about the area and he wants to
stay here,

| Official Opening

_The GAT-2 and GAT-3. are | *

Of Littl League

The official opening of Little
League ‘season will take place
on. Sunday, May 11. at. 12. p.m.
at Centennial Park in Central
Saanich. i

Mayor -A.M, . Galbraith and

present. Parents and friends
sters, it was stated.
who have contributed generous-
ly towards uniforms and equip-
ment. will be thanked publically.

There will he a tag. day in
Sidney, North Saanich and Cen-

help defray_expenses, .

MOTHER'S DAY
is Sunday

WHY NOT GIVE HER
A CHARM BRACELET

OR A PIERCED EARRING
TREE,

Of course it's at ,

RUSTS
JEWELLERS

trainers will be available for use |.

_ May_

"May

members of council are -to be.

are urged to support the young.
Sponsors ©

tral Saanich on May 17 tofurther ~

Beacon Ave. Sidney

\GAG GLARDI SEARS |
AT SANSCHA HALL |

Ina. spir ited. ‘speech to an’
‘audience of 20: ‘persons at Sans=
cha Hall on’ April 28, Minister
without. Portfolio, .. OPA; ‘Gaglardi.

"resolutely extolled the record of
the Social Credit administr ration.
and - called for continued support
in ‘the’ impending’ provincial el-
ections,

When this will be he gave no
clue, but he expressed contidence
that. the electorate will once
again: give Premier Bennett
“mandate.

“This is a peoples’ govern-:

ment, Nein of every
strata. of society At atime
when everything is going up we
lave not increased taxation, We
have taken up the school tax
slack: by increasing. the iome-
awners’ grant. progressively,”
said the M inister.
“| “The federal government 4s
wasting millions of dollars, while
Mr. Trudeau is rattling around
the countries” in airplanes en-
joying all the frills,’’ he contin-_
uéd-in lighter vein. ‘The taxa-
tion you pay to the province you
get back in benefits; not:one.cent

‘goes for interest charges.’
~ There: followed -a scathing de-
nouncement. of NDP “everything
for free’’ policies.” “We have a:
standard of-living just about as
good as anywhere ‘in North Am-

erica. The NDP would put out.
the ‘tires of industry: and’ that:
would be the end,’ he declared,

: Mr Gaglardi vigorously. ‘de>

fended ‘the government’ s policy’
of developing the mineral.wealth
of the province by. private-inter-
est He pointed out-the physical ©
advantages of coal strip. mining’
compared to .the arduous old-
methods: of “under ground work-
ing.

Replying to arguments | that the
government should develop these

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resources, “he declared cwhere
would .. your. market be: if China
: ‘made war, on ‘Japan’ and dr “opped
a couple. of. bombs? -: Kaiser tias

“put-“$600,- million ‘inte this; ° ‘tet
“them take the risk.”
On the subject.of hospital ser- :

Vice and medicare, Mr. Gaglardi
said ‘when I go across the bord-
“er and tell. them what we have,
they’ vsay ‘ite can’t be trues it
sounds like -heaven'..’ “

Saanich and The Islands MLA
‘John Tisdalle prefaced the Min-
-ister's speech with a detailed
review of governmeiit policy. He
denounced the ‘‘wrecking crew’’

‘tactics of the NDP in the legis-

lature, particularly in the charg-
es of police brutality toward the
Indians.

By sounding- ‘Off for: political
advantage. the” opposition -
done more to discredit the Indian
people than anything else in the.
province, '* charged, Mr... Tis-
dalle, an

-He entirely refuted the sug~
gestion. that. the Socreds. are in
the hands ‘of big business. »)‘No

kind of business thas-stood in the

Social . Credit ‘caucus to. make
demands, ': «he. averred,
“Bill 33 is bringing. peace to

the ‘labor world,, and this gov-

ernment is a guarantee that. we
shall not be at. the behest of the

United States labor bosses,’ de- _

clared-the Member.

The meeting was chaired by
Lionel Speller_ and preceded’ by
a. short. musical. progr am. by the

International ‘Trio.

Bridge Results.

Winners at the’ weekly ‘game.
of Sidney Bridge Club held ‘at

K. of P, Hall.on May 2:-
1. Eric Barclay and Florence
Edwards;... 2.

5. ed, and Della Rumsby, .

Weather

“The following is the meteoro~

logical report: for the week end--

ing. May 4,° furnished by the
Research Station, Saanichton.-
Maximum tem. (May. 4)
Minimum tem. (May. 2)
Minimum. on grass

Precipitation

Total Precipitation
Sunshine
SIDNEY

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port for the week ending May 4.
Maximum - tem. (May 4)--
Minimum tem. (May 2)-

-Mean ‘Temperature

“Monday,”

Beauty Contest

has:

Jack and Mary _
Woods; 3, Bob and Nora Mabee; .
4. Cliff and Addie Weatherhead;

‘| Friday, : May’ ‘9.
| Saturday, May

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May 12 “se:

Tuesday, May 13...

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Acting President Mr. E.-Hay, Felégions 656- 1962"

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“Mormon Church Service

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Rentals Mrs. a. Thomas, Telephone 656- 1654

Couple Celebrate 55th. ae

Mr. and) Mrs; E.R. Hall, 1990
Dean Park Road, ‘Saanichton,
their. 55th wedding
anniversary on April 21,

Date Extended

The closing. date for the Miss

Mermaid | Contest»has been eXx-.

tended to Monday, “May 12,

The Miss ‘Mermaid - ‘Pageant
is-a part of All Sidney Day and
will take place. over. the July

1 long week-end: | Twelve appli~ -

cations have . been received to

- date-and Mrs..Anna Allen, con- |
-vener of the pageant, urges all”

girls interésted ‘in participating

to.send in an application form as.
_ $00n as possible,”

ADORN GIANT SIZE sue

HAIR SPRAY

They’ were married at. Smith’s ©

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years before coming :to thé Ex- = =
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Mr. Hall ‘was: a- member

1955 :
Family members who gather- _

ed. for the occasion were: Mr.”

and Mrs. Barry. E. - Hall, Vic-.

‘toria, Mr. and Mrs,’ C.G, Ford, |

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