Open AccessJOHN WESTON, THE "GRANDFATHER OF AVIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA"
Author(s) -
J.J. Oberholzer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/3-6-952
Subject(s) - aeronautics , aviation , civil aviation , relation (database) , political science , military aviation , engineering , operations research , management , computer science , aerospace engineering , economics , database
In "Militaria" 2/1 (1970) mention was made of M. J. L. Weston, D.Sc., F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A., A.I.E.E. in relation to the training of our first military aircraft pilots and the proposed establishment of a South African Air Force as well as a South African Flying School (p. 14 et seq). He was a consulting engineer and one of the foremost stalwarts in the field of civil and military aviation and the manufacture of aircraft in our country. Dr. Weston directed a request at the beginning of 1913, as mentioned in this publication, to the then Under Secretary for Defence, with a view to acquiring the authority to train military aircraft pilots, but without success