Aero Club's Record.
With 101 pilots trained to the sold stage in three years of activity since the war, the Waikato Aero Club has establtshfed what is believed to be a record- for a single ins'tructor club in the Dominion. The instructor, Mr. Guy Robertson, trained over 100 Air Force pilots diiri'ng the waf in addition, so that he has now taught "200 to fiy. He is the most experifenced Tiger Moth pilot in NeW Zealand, having logged 3500 Lburs on this type of machine. The rhachines of the club have flown hours equivalfeht to 700,000 air miles during the three years. There has never bfeteh a serious mishap' and none of the personnel has been injured. - , - ,
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 December 1949, Page 4
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117Aero Club's Record. Chronicle (Levin), 14 December 1949, Page 4
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