AVIATION IN N.Z.
THE YE-VR S PROGRESS IN CANTERBURY.
A review of ilie closing year xrooU not be oompktc (s3ys tho Christdiaicii Star'') wiiiiouu a. tribute to tihe f«mw>_ trs of tho Canterbury Aviation S^nn>| > which has in a lew months' training fcent over twenty pilots to reinitaroa airnjen on the Allied bat-tlefront. Tho history of the company i» hardly a > ear old. d by a body of citizens fl.s a means of LoOpinn; ko win the v.-ar, it, KiirTOoiint-cd the heartbcHring delays of ob'ainint; aeroplanes and espiiiifts, and laid out the now well-kmnra r.'rodrome at Sockburn, where tie first flights were, mrde only las':, June bT, the nowly-nrrivod instructor. Sir C. if. Hill. Sm<v> then, the actual tpayring of candidates for the Royal Flying Corps hr.s been so steady thaib before Christmas _t-.rent>--ono pupils had obtained ilrir pilot's certificates, and the school 3rid a w-aitin's: list "that taxed the services of_ t-.vo instructors. Hie ibo War Ofileeand of the Royal Flying Corps._rnd has r <e"irrd itiiluable aAsist-n-nr-„ f-r>:n i]iO ove.rnmen'i and tilie Commission'T.
Tli« a* sw'k'bnm Im* pro*T? liv iTx» or)'] <- : f ITii» rear tlior- _fVv:]{3 1>- sc-ren in cwiTnifejnn. The oonslrnrtion of nia.cliinA". :n mni- vnt- nssuuv* t3«e ■pr<<T<nTtTrir!<! of sn irflnsrtrr. SfpanJ V' fj-.ct rvm?i<Vr.nt.iai) Tns tjpru trniTrn? r-r pnti'lt. nnil f.*i» s'nicnrVrs on ilie TiaT<* 1 oTiwn/1 o 11 o f,r> TT;r»' : t •jlio fnrr<v.'=M mimVr of r>nrnl« in Yrr-in-inc at otio iimo. T 1 !" flyin:r las' bpn sir-r'r.od under linpjvr nn<3 ]•(. m-irks n. niwo rf nn.inotKS enterprise wliicli irmsf. lirsrc nn importa-rfc injjnon«j cm iTv» wmmTei.i'l standing of nft-or tv.it.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16432, 2 January 1918, Page 5
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265AVIATION IN N.Z. Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16432, 2 January 1918, Page 5
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