COURSE FOR ARMY PILOTS
Artillery Officers’ Training Four Army artillery officers entered the Royal New Zealand Air Force flying training school at Wigram yesterday to begin training as pilots of target-spotting aircraft. Lasting four months, the course will be the first of its kind held at Wigram. In addition to flying training, which will be given first, in Harvards and then in Austers, the officers will also receive 300 lectures in navigation, meteorology, physics, mathematics, safety equipment, and survival and emergency procedures. The four officers taking the course are Lieutenants T. G. Martin (artillery instructor at Burnham). G. A. Hitchings (adjutant, 2nd Field Regiment, Wanganui), R. J. Pearce (adjutant, 6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, Auckland), and A. Harkness (artillery instructor at Papakura).
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28270, 7 May 1957, Page 8
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