Stiffer Tests for Australian Pilots
AMERICAN PASSENGER ’PLANES ORDERED. Received Monday, 9.55 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 20. The Civil Aviation Department has issued a notiiication that every airman in Australia holding a commercial pilot’s licence will be required to pass before tho end of the year an exacting test in blind flying or lose his licence. Pilots will be required to “spin” the ’plane while flying it blind, also to stall it and make a cross-country flight last-
ing an hour. Three high-speed American airliners have been ordered by Airlines of Australia Limited, which intends to use them on the Sydney-Brisbane service. They are tri-motored Stinsons, which carry eight ' passengers at a cruising speed of 160 miles per hour.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 16, 21 January 1936, Page 6
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118Stiffer Tests for Australian Pilots Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 16, 21 January 1936, Page 6
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