AVIATORS’ CERTIFICATES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 175, 9 July 1932, Page 11

AVIATORS’ CERTIFICATES

AVAILABLE AS PASSPORTS N.Z. CLUB’S DECISION Wellington, July 8. Aviators’ certificates, which will act as passports for airmen in overseas countries, will be available in future to pilots in New Zealand who hold endorsed A licenses. This was decided on by the council of the New Zealand Aero Club to-day.

The certificates will be similar to those issued by the Royal Aero Club, to which the New Zealand Club is affiliated. A charge of 5/- will be made. A resolution was carried that the Director of Air Services be requested to amend the regulations regarding endorsement of A pilot licenses with a view to the promotion of greater efficiency of A pilots before their licenses are endorsed, allowing them to take up passengers not for hire. The amendment was that all advanced dual and cross-country flying with B pilots subsequent to the granting of their license be allowed to count towards the requisite 40 hours necessary for their endorsement, provided the pilot does at least 30 hours solo.

A proposal by Mr B. Shiel, aviation officer to the Cacuum Oil Coy., that a team of New Zealand pilots should visit Australia, or alternatively an Australian team visit the Dominion, with the object of fostering a closer spirit of co-operation between the two countries was approved. Mr Shiel is to bo asked to investigate the possibilities of the suggestion being carried out during his visit to Australia.