SAFETY IN FLYING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18263, 5 December 1933, Page 9

SAFETY IN FLYING

LANDING GROUNDS N.Z. AERO CLUB COMMENT Reference is made in the annual report of the New Zealand Aero Club, to the formulation of a scheme for the provision of emergency landing grounds within gliding distance of one another along tile main air routes throughout New Zealand. The importance of the provision of a, chain of safe landing grounds, suitably spaced, was too obvious, from the point of view ol public, safely, t<> require comment, the report stated, and the club was gratified at the excellent reception its sclie.me bad at the bands of the Minister ;, nd his oHirers. . . .. “The sehenie, which was originally suggested by the Canterbury club, was approved by this club, and, with some amendments, submitted by it to the Government, which has adopted it and provided £SOOO for a preliminary survey and works with a view to putting the scheme into immediate, effect,” the report stated. “The scheme calls for the co-operation of landowners having suitable landing areas, the aero clubs in locating and submitting these, the Defence Department in inspecting and approving them, the Public Works Department in surveying and laying them out. and the Unemployment Board in providing the necessary labor. “The total cost of forming the landing grounds will, of course, be much more than £SOOO, but that sum wifi enable a commencement to be made with the location, inspection, and survey of suitable areas, and possibly with the actual formation work in immediately accessible localities.”