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activities of the Flying Training
School, should for that purpose be
placed under the direction of the
Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force
Base.
It has been fully recognised
that the aerodrome has been provided
for joint service and civil use and
the aerodrome is at present under the joint
control of the Service and civil authorities.
So far as the Secretary of State is aware
the existing arrangement is working
satisfactorily and the Air Council adduce
no special reasons for their belief
that divided control of the aerodrome
is administratively objectionable and
not in the interest of either Service or
civil flying. It appears to Sir Philip
Cunliffe-Lister that, in so far as unified
control may be desirable in the interests
of the safety of flying generally
V
enerally, it
should be exercised by the Governor of the
Colony who in his joint capacity as Governor
and Command er in Chief is in a position to