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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. MORSE IS A VITAL PART OF A PILOT'S TRAINING. A GROUP OF TRAINEE PILOTS FLASH MESSAGES ACROSS COUNTRY TO ANOTHER GROUP, INTERSPERSE THEIR READING OF SIGNALS WITH TURNS AT THE ALDIS LAMP. LAC JOHNSON SIGHTS THE ALDIS LAMP TO REPLY TO THE MESSAGE HIS FELLOW TRAINEES HAVE JUST RECEIVED.
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