TY - JOUR AU - Oberholzer, J.J. PY - 2012/02/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - JOHN WESTON, THE "GRANDFATHER OF AVIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA" JF - Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies JA - Sci.Mil. VL - 3 IS - 6 SE - Articles DO - 10.5787/3-6-952 UR - https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/952 SP - AB - 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. ER -