By Land and By Air 
     
    
   
   
    
     a better course. I will turn around and start over, while 
     
     you figure a better course.” When we got back for review, 
     
     he said, “Let's go and have a coffee, and wait until that 
     
     easier marker is free, as all these marks count." He never 
     
     mentioned my error and I got one of my best marks. 
     
    

    
     When we had arrived at Malton we were placed at 
     
     an old station which seemed a mile from the new camp, 
     
     especially when one had to walk in the night. At the old 
     
     station were the stores and laundry which meant several 
     
     trips. When we moved to the new station, I believe where 
     
     the airport still stands, the living quarters were greatly 
     
     improved. We were the first class to be given the chance to 
     
     move. 
     
    

    
     For a while we flew from the old airport and had 
     
     to walk back through the field to the new station carrying 
     
     our navigational equipment. I remember meeting the 
     
     C/O. and he stopped me, inquiring how I got along. He 
     
     was one of the finest C/O.’s I ever served under. One time 
     
     later, as I was walking through the field, as the planes 
     
     used to land at the old station, I met him. After I saluted 
     
     him, he stopped and talked to me for five minutes - it 
     
     was something for an LAC to converse with such a high 
     
     ranking officer. 
     
    

    
     In my 45 flights in Malton, I did not have any 
     
     abnormal experiences. I can recall on the first couple of 
     
     flights we flew with senior Navigators-in-training. We had 
     
     an astrograph on board, which, after a star reading was 
     
     figured out, showed a light line on the chart. It was the 
     
     only station at which I ever saw an astrograph. The senior 
     
     Navigator showed me how to work backwards by putting 
     
     a line in the right place over the chart, and then figuring 
     
     the star reading. During one clear sky night, we were all to 
     
     get star shots and find fixes.1 Here my math took over 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. Afix is the position ofan aircraft, as determined 
     
    
   
   
    
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