Provincial Institute of Technology and Art - Record Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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THE AERONAUTICS DEPARTMENT This Department was originated in 1931 by Mr. A. A. Peebles and headed by him until 1951. Mr. W. A. B. Saunders is now handling the Department. Mr. G. Pilkington was an early instructor, also Mr. W. E. Jamison. When Mr. S. N. Green came to the Department they were authorized to do commercial overhauling and repairing of aeroplanes. Tech is the only school in Canada so licenced. Mr. A. Shapiro joined the staff in 1948. The Department started with a Sopwith Camel aeroplane, two rotating and one V-type aero engines, aerofoils, and some navigation equipment. They now have their own hangar for shop work and a strength of materials testing laboratory. The original course taught by the Department was Aircraft Maintenance Engineering. The objective of this course is to provide the technical training required to pass the Department of Transport Examinations for the class A Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Certificate. This two year course provides instruction in airframe and aero engines. In 1948 a third year course, Aeronautical Engineering, was started by this Department. This course gives the student the higher technical instruction necessary to pass the examinations for the Associate Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Twenty graduates are now with A. V. Roe of Canada in Toronto. Some are working as engineers in the Design Department and two have become group leaders in the plant. Last year A. V. Roe took all the graduates. Other sources for employment include Fleet Aircraft Co., Fairchild Company and Pratt and Whitney Company. Other graduates join the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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W. A. B. SAUNDERS The expansion of Canadian industry and particularly the aircraft industry has become so rapid that today there is a definite shortage of engineers and skilled workers. This places the present graduating class in the enviable position of being able to gain employment in their chosen field with very little difficulty. We expect you to be a success, but remember you have just completed the foundation of your education. That found¬ ation must be expanded and built upon. Remember our Tech motto: Progress, Perserverance, Precision . The door of opportunity is wide open, advancement is unlimited for those with skill, knowledge, initiative and de¬ termination. W. A. B. SAUNDERS, Head—Aeronautical Department. Page 18