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Did You Know
Question: What airplane, first acquired in 1927 by the
RCAF, made it highly suitable in the ground liaison role?
How many in total were acquired.
Answer; “ Designed for an all encompassing “Army Co-
Operation” role, the Armstrong Whitworth Atlas was a
two-seat bi-plane.
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER
There is a demand for Apprentice Aircraft
Maintenance Engineers (AME) in Saskatchewan,
First acquired in 1927, the aircraft’s excellent low-speed across Canada, and internationally. Graduates of
handling made it highly suitable in the ground liaison
the program find work primarily at aircraft
role. Message dropping and snatching techniques were maintenance facilities as apprentice AMEs.
routinely practiced. Additional reconditioned examples
were purchased in 1934 after financial restrictions The Aircraft Maintenance Engineer program trains
imposed for the Depression had eased. learners to maintain, repair, and overhaul aircraft to
ensure that aircraft meet Transport Canada’s
standard of safety and performance.
Once a graduate obtains their Aircraft Maintenance
Engineer Category M licence, their work
opportunities and wages increase significantly.
Employment is normally steady year-round and
shift work is common. The AME licence is a
federally-issued document and is fully transferable
Badly outclassed by the eve of the Second World War, across Canada. The earning potential is $40,000 –
there were still sixteen Atlases on strength in the RCAF. $80,000/yr.
The type was therefore pressed into reconnaissance
coastal patrols in the Bay of Fundy at the outbreak of the Established as an Approved Training Organization
under Transport Canada regulations, students
war until they were passed on to No. 118 (Coast Artillery
enrolled in the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer
Co-operation) Squadron for brief use prior to their
retirement. training program benefit from our partnerships with
the following aerospace and defense companies:
Source: Canadian Combat and Support Aircraft – Page 53
