MORE FACILITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 193, 17 August 1939, Page 19

MORE FACILITIES.

AT AIR FORCE BASE.

TENDERS BEING CALLED,

Plans for an administrative block at the Whenuapai operational nir station, now under construction, include the provision of a meteorological station and other special features. Tendera for the erection of the block, which will be a two-storey concrete building, are now being called by the Public Works Department.

On the ground floor of the building will be operation rooms, orderly room and offices. A feature will l>e a projecting watch window, from which a view of the whole aerodrome will be possible. On the other floor will be the meteorological department. Provision has been mode on the roof for an anemometer mast, with a recording instrument in the room below. The roof will also store screen coverings for the release of balloons and the firing of I pyrotechnic signal rings.

Tenders have also been called for the erection of engine repair and testing shops and a social hall for the staff at the Hobsonville air base. This social hall will include a stage and dressing rooms, and will be used a* a cinema hall. There will also be a canteen in the building, a store and shop, a barber's saloon, a kitchen, and a flat for the caretaker.

When Whenuapai starts operations Hobsonville will be used chiefly for storage and repair work.