'PLANES ON LOAN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 176, 12 August 1937, Page 4

'PLANES ON LOAN

-Press Association.) .

State Issue to Aero Clubs H.B. INCLUDED

(By Telenraph-

• WELLINGTON, Last Night. Proposals for the nllocation of Government loan aircraft to areo . clubs were announced to-night b,y tho Minis-Lcr-in-Chargeof the Air Departmont, tlie Hon. F. Jones. "Two machines wliieh are due to arrive in the Dominion within the next few days are to be oft'ered to the Auckland and Otago Aero Clubs," said Mr Jones, "and two machines which will arrive later in the year aro to be oft'ered to the Wcllingon and Canterbury Aero Clubs. As these clubs require machines of this type for the training of Royal Air Force candidates, eacb Of these clubs will be required to repay the Government the net cost of the mapliine vvithout interest over a period of three years, and during that time to msure tho aircraft in nn insurance pool.to be established by the New Zealand Aero Club for- an amount, at least equal. to the unpaid purchase money." The Government is prepared to order immediately four aircraft for free issue, one each to the middle districts, West Coast, United Hawke's Bay ancl Western Federated Aero Clubs. Tlie aircraft to be provided will be either Tiger Motli or a similar type. All aero clubs are being advised that the Government is willing to place immediate ordeis for the purchase of aircraft additiorfal to those referred to above, but ou conditions similar to those which have been imposed in respeet of th'e Hawk Trainers being, offered to the Auckland, ^Wellington, Canterbury aud Otago Aero Clubs." » The Minister said that the proposals which he hnd ontlined were arrived at only after very careful considerntion, and he hoped the aero clubs would recognise that an. attempt had been made to deal with the position which had nrisen in respeet of Government loan aircraft in the fairest way possible under the circunistanees which existed.