Now that the pilot instructors have arrived, start will be made at once with the School of Aviation at Richmond. In anticipation of the arrival of the instructors, the Commitee of Control framed the following regulations in regard to admission to the school : -

Applicants must be 18 to 30 years of age. After the termination of the war applicants, male or female, from 18 to 35 will be admitted to the school.

During the continuance of the war applicants must undertake to enlist immeadiately upon compiction of course, for active service in such branch of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces as the Commonwealth authorities may determine.

Applications must be accompanied by a medical certificate, stating that the applicant is physically qualified for aerial service, and especially that he has a sound heart and good eyesight. A furthur examination will be made before an applicant is admitted to the school.

Preference will be given to applicants qualified in one of the following ways: - He must hold or have held a commision in the senior cadets. He must be an officer or non commisioned officer in the citizen forces with the rank of sergeant, or higher. He must be a graduate in engineering, or have completed at least two years course of instruction in engineering at some university. He must be a mechanic, or in an apprentice of more than three years standing engaged in one of the following trades, and at the time of application must present certificates showing that he has has satisfactorily completed a course in engineering, or an allied subject, at some technical college or trades school : - Boat Builder, cabinet maker, coachmaker, carpenter, or joiner, motor mechanic, turner and fitter, machinist, patternmaker, blacksmith, ironfounder, brassfounder, moulder, boiler maker, shipwright, electrical fitter, or electrician, or be or have been employed in the engineering workshop. He must also possess a fair knowledge of internal combustion engines. After the termination of the war such male or female applicants as may be approved by the committee. All students entering the school do so at their own risk. No compensation will be payed on account of death of, or injury to, a student attending the School of Aviation. The committee reserves to itself the right to remove at any time any student whose progress and conduct are not considered satisfactory.

Applications were invited and nearly 300 applicants expressed a desireto enter the school. All those who were eligable on the score of fitness and suitability were interviewed personally by the committee of control, who made a selection based upon the latest advice of the British authorities.The applicants were thinned out to 25, which is at present the limit of successful tuition. These students will enter upon 12 weeks course of practical training on August 12.

At the termination of the course an examination will be held by examiners appointed by the Commonwealth military authorities, and if succesful a acertificate will be issued to that effect. If unsuccessful in passing the examination, the student, provided he has the necessary mechanical ability, will be given a certificate stating that he is suitable for emplyment as an aviation mechanic.

During the continuance of the war students will be given an allowance of 6s a day for seven days per week while actually in attendance at the school.

Arrangements are now being made for the official opening of the school of aviation a few days subsequent to the entry of the students upon the course.