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Two Beechcraft of the 11-craft R.C.M.P. fleet.

guns they mount. The tolerant
reply was that no fighters are em-
ployed; thus, to the  studio’s
chagrin, no machine guns.

Another correspondent, evidently
impressed by the Mounties of the
movies, wondered about enlistment
possibilities. She had served in the
U.S. Air Force and wanted to join the
R.C.M.P. as a “stenographer-pilot.”
The force thanked her for her in-
terest, but explained that all its pilots,

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The fleet each year covers 500,000 air miles on the longest, loneliest police beat in the world.

not only have to be males, they also
have to be fully qualified policemen.

Aircraft Least Glamorous of Force

The R.C.M.P.’s aircraft are prob-
ably its least glamorous assets. They're
functional vehicles — executive-type
transports, bush planes and one
trainer. Their only armament is that
carried in the crewmen’s holsters.

The fleet comprises one Grumman
Goose amphibian, two twin-engine
Beechcraft transports, four de Havil-

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land Beaver bushplanes, a de Havil-
land Otter and a Norseman transport,
a Stinson Station Wagon and a Fair-
child Cornell trainer.

For ease of identification, each
is named after a bird. The selec-
tion of bird types is based on the
last letter of an aircraft’s regis-
tration. The Norseman based at
Fort Smith, for imstance, is reg-
istered as CF-MPL. Its name is
Loon. Beaver CE-FHW at Van-

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