Two or three of the more promising of the Air Force cadets at Wigram Aerodrome are now doing dual instruction on Bristol Fighters (reports Ihe Christchurch Sun). They all did a few minutes’ dual oil'Avros a weelc ago, when their course" began, and since, then they have all flown solo in Avt’os for several hours. They all Hew Avros sold for between 15 and 20 hours hist y&u\ Bristol Fighters, however, are service machines, and lithe a good deal more handling than do the training Avros, so some time lias to be spent in dual instruction before the cadets can fly these solo.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16855, 19 January 1929, Page 13
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