THE AIR FORCE
DEVELOPMENT AT OHAKEA NO DIFFICULTIES EXPECTED (Pick United Pkess Association) WELLINGTON, June 3. No difficulty is anticipated by the authorities in obtaining delivery when required of the 30 Vickers Wellington aircraft ordered by the Government for the Royal Nevr Zealand Air Force, said the Min* ister of Defence (Mr F Jones) thin evening. He anticipated that th« work at Ohakea would be completed early next year. The levelling of the ground and the construction of the hangars had to be carried out as well as the training of th« personnel, and by the time Ohakea was ready, there should be no difficulty in obtaining the initial batch of aircraft ordered from England.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23517, 4 June 1938, Page 22
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