AIR FORCE TRAINING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27570, 12 December 1950, Page 8

AIR FORCE TRAINING

Complete Course For Wigram

PA CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 11. With the transfer of multi-engine conversion training from Ohakea to Wigram, the Christchurch station has taken over the complete training schedule for the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Other phases of the training of air force men in the Dominion have been done at Wigram for some time, but until lately trainees always had to go to Ohakea for courses on multi-engined aircraft, Training at Wigram has been changed to accommodate the altered syllabus necessitated by the transfer. Formerly Wigram had an advanced flying school, but this has been replaced by an organisation known as the Central Flying School, the policy of which provides for: (1) Training and testing flying instructors; (2) instrument weather training; (3) multi-engine conversion training; (4) supervising Territorial Squadron flying training; (5) supervising Air Training Corps flying training in aero clubs; (6) testing aero club flying instructors and active reserve flying instructors. . . , The syllabus for all training will be issued by the Air Department, which, in addition, will decide the monthly flying commitment for the Central Flying School. . „ On completion of their allthrough” flying course at the Flying Training School at Wigram, cadet pilots will be posted to the Central Flying School for multi-engine conversion training. Other pilots requiring advanced flying training will be selected by the Air Department for posting to Wigram