"AVIATION WEEK."

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21029, 13 November 1931, Page 10

"AVIATION WEEK."

EXHIBITION IN THE CITY.

NIGHT FLYING AND FIREWORKS. The most elaborate aviation exhibition yet held in Auckland has been organised in connection with "aviation week,'' to bo observed next week. It will be> opened officially on Monday by the Mayor of Auckland, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, at the premises of the Farmers' Trading Company, Limited, at 2.15 p.m. '-'Aviation week" has been planned bv the Auckland Aero Club to stimulate interest in the club and to promote airmindedness among the public. The exhibition probably will prove a centre of interest, as one of the principal exhibits will bo a Curtiss Pilot Machine, imported by the Vacuum Oil Company, Proprietary, Limited, for the occasion.

Tliis machine is fitted with a seat resembling that of a real aeroplane, and has a joy-stick and rudder-bar which control the movements of a model aeroplane set in a large glass case in front of the pilot. It is stated that the machine will enable a novice to gain a good idea of flying methods in a very short time. The Aero Club lias offered ihroe prizes, including free instruction up to A licence standard, for the persons who perform best on tho Curtiss machine. The exhibition also will includo a single-seater biplane, tho Tui, built by Mr. F. A. North, of Onehunga. This machine, which is undoubtedly one of the prettiest aeroplanes in the Dominion, is now almost ready for its flying tests. tt is powered with a three cylinder radial Szekely engine.

Other features n f the exhibition will lie parachutes, air navigation instruments, engines and wireless equipment, supplied bv the New Zealand Air Force. A danco for club members and their friends will bo held at the Peter Pan Cabaret on Wednesday evening, and on tlm following Saturday, the last day of "aviation week," the staff of the Farmers' Trading Company, Limited, will visit tho aerodrome. Night flying will be carried out on Saturday by tho instructor, Flight-Lieutenant D. M. Allan, in one of the club's Moths, and this will be followed by a display of fireworks, and another dance.