مجموعة ٥/٧٣ "سلاح الجو الأفغاني: تقارير من إعداد الملحق العسكري البريطاني في كابول خلال الفترة من ١ نوفمبر ١٩٤٧ إلى ٣١ أكتوبر ١٩٤٧" [و‎‎٢‎١] (٥٦/٤١)

the Afghan (xOvernr:ent arc now ^ ^
to visit Kabul from India^or Pakistan and
to fly to ^or from Delhi via Kabul. T^ e X
give permission for foreign aircraft
oossibly because they fear that the
prepared to allov. foreign aircra
it Russian aircra.it
It
to per:
ear
iO
v.ould raise objections
appear to be^reluctant to
to fly to Kabul via Herat,
U.S.S.R*
is still thought that the Afghan G-oyornnont
t - r g e rvices between Kabul
o these flights,
will wish t(? i
De^i and Karachi in the autumn when the Avro XIX aircraft nave boon
delivered. Plans for the inauguration of such services exist anu
are under consideration by the Afghan authorities.
'"inaugurate small Afghan civil ai- --- --- T ^n-r
al capitals with possible extensions to Peshawar, L.nor^,
has been limited by the weather , a lack
serviceable aircraft.
2. Hi nd__. Squa dr on^
(a) Flying.Ho ur^.
No change>and traini
of spares and a shortage
(b) Flying Efficiency^.
This hss decreased in the.case of nost pilots due to lack cf
practise. The British pilot instructor carried out 3 live ••o.-»iiip J
course for 7 Afghan pilots in Mo venter and Decenher an. reports th■
the results were satisfactory.. There was an improvement in the
flying efficiency of these 7 pilots.
Since February the interest of Afghan gs sv.itcnci to t
XIX aircraft about to he delivered from England and tnc oriti
of
Avro . ,.
pilot instructor has given them a series
of flying the two engined Avro aircraft.
(c) Qp^nitionsj.
Nil, except for reconnaissance flights over
the Kunar valley by the six Hind aircrait based
winter months.
hng.
loctur
on all aspect:
^fi
Those
tribal <
.. _ on Jalalabad
aircraft returned to Kabul on 13th
reas m
Turing
„mrcii.
the
(d) .Accidents. * Nil.
(e) ikintssanc^
Snail scale cannibalization of Hind aircraft continues and owing
to the Impossibility of securing Hind spares Rom any source, tn«
number or serviceable and repairable Hinds is likely uo sno.v ^^r_ .
reduction The British instructors have now beon mans responsielo
for the inspection and repair of all aircraft.in squadrons or worksnopa
and only these instructors can authorize yhe issue 9 ! oparcs. ihig
additional responsibility is welcomed by them ana vvill loa..
in the use of snares available. Formerly Afghan Air Force 91 ficuro
were in the habit of securing the issue of spares unnecessarily.
(f) WZTJSmction^
(i) In October Sgt. J.E. Lee, R.A.F. fitted teo^m ba^;
aircraft sent to Jalalabad with No. 19 w/T sets oorrowe- fio.^
Afghan army. It was thought that they woula be useful m
1 * ^ainst the Safi tribesmen. Oommunicstion wion
Hind
the
cv..nt
the
ground^as 0 ?oun^difficulKbut the sets were sble to work ot ronros
not exceeding 20 miles.
being trained
4 nave
bv th
L'
(ii) Of the 12 students
as W/T operators and mechanics, 4 have leit
army unius and 8 air fpree students remain,
as i//T operators in June and will # be postea
R.A.F. instructor considers that m yiew oi . . ^
equipment and opportunities for practical training
made very satisfactory progress.
- 2 ~
instructor_
rejoin tlmir
u R. A . F.
e course to
They are due T,o
to the Avro 3qua Iron,
the lack of training
the students h
pa s
DUt
TV
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