NEW ZEALAND PILOTS
Finishing Training In Scotland (British Official Wireless.) (Received March 9, 7 p.m.) RUGBY, March 8.
Finishing their training in Scotland is a group of New Zealand pilots who are consolidating the good impressions left behind by previous airmen from the farthest Dominion. “The finest bunch I ever came across,” says the instructor, who has had a variety of British pilots pass through his hands. “These boys are quie’t-mannered, with a sense of humour and keen to learn the job. As for sport and games, they are the best all-rounders I have ever met.”
There are 12 men in the group, and their jobs in civilian life ranged from sheep-farming to stoekbroking. The ambition of each is to become a fighter pilot. They have been in England since the New Year, and, in the words of one, find it a fascinating country. Whenever the weather prevents flying they go off on trips to local places of interest. They seem nearly as keen on it as on flying.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 140, 10 March 1941, Page 8
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