AN RAAF PILOT TRAINEE LEADS A FULL LIFE. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) GORDON KEVIN JOHNSON, WHO ...

AN RAAF PILOT TRAINEE LEADS A FULL LIFE. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) GORDON KEVIN JOHNSON, WHO WORKED IN THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BEFORE HE ENLISTED IN THE RAAF, IS NOW A PILOT TRAINEE IN VICTORIA. HE IS TYPICAL OF THE PHYSICALLY PERFECT AND HIGHLY TRAINED YOUNG AIRMEN WHOM AUSTRALIA IS SENDING OVERSEAS IN LARGE AND FREQUENT CONTINGENTS. LIKE MANY THOUSANDS OF OTHER TRAINEES HE IS EAGER TO GRADUATE AND TAKE HIS PLACE AT THE CONTROLS OF A FIGHTER OR BOMBER IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY. FLIGHT.-SGT. E. MALEKIN OF THE R.A.F. WAS BROUGHT TO AUSTRALIA TO TRAIN MEN OF THE RAAF IN ARMAMENTS. HE INSTRUCTS LAC JOHNSON IN USE OF THE VICKERS MARK 1 AIRCRAFT GUN, MOUNTED ON A "ROCKING FUSELAGE", WHICH ANSWERS TO THE CONTROLS LIKE AN AEROPLANE. IN THE AIR, JOHNSON WILL USE A MARK V GUN WHICH, BEING AIR COOLED, CANNOT BE FIRED FROM THE ROCKING "FUSELAGE".