@article{Oberholzer_2012, title={JOHN WESTON, THE "GRANDFATHER OF AVIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA"}, volume={3}, url={https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/952}, DOI={10.5787/3-6-952}, abstractNote={In "Militaria" 2/1 (1970) mention was made of M. J. L. Weston, D.Sc., F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A., A.I.E.E. in relation to the training of our first military aircraft pilots and the proposed establishment of a South African Air Force as well as a South African Flying School (p. 14 et seq). He was a consulting engineer and one of the foremost stalwarts in the field of civil and military aviation and the manufacture of aircraft in our country. Dr. Weston directed a request at the beginning of 1913, as mentioned in this publication, to the then Under Secretary for Defence, with a view to acquiring the authority to train military aircraft pilots, but without success.}, number={6}, journal={Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies}, author={Oberholzer, J.J.}, year={2012}, month={Feb.} }