Aviation Inspector.
VISITING N.Z. AERODROMES.
RECENT TOUR ABPOAD. MUCH INFORMATION SECURED, lliy Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Oct. 30. Information secured during a six months' tour of Europe and the United States concerning' civil and military aviation, will be made available to the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a result of a visit of WingCommander A. Hepburn, who is now making a tour of inspection of aerodromes in New Zealand.
Wing-Commander Hepburn, who is director of workshops and buildings for the Royal Australian Air Force, has already visited the aeroplane and seaplane base at Hobsonville and he will later inspect Wigram, which is the training headquarters of the New Zealand Territorial Air Force. Included in the itinerary are visits to Rotorua, Taupo, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Blenheim and Christchurch.
At the recent Air Mail Conference the New Zealand Government accepted the offer of Mr. Parkhill, the Australian Minister for Defence, that Wing-Commander Hepburn's information should be made available to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19850, 30 October 1936, Page 3
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163Aviation Inspector. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19850, 30 October 1936, Page 3
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