BIGGER AIR BASE
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Hobsonville 'Drome to bo Extended
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AUCKLAND, This Day* Important. develppments at thp Hoh« spnville air base, part pf the biR sohpme for the expansion pf New Zealand 's air arm as the first liua pf de* v fence, are planned under aa 18-months' constrpctional programme, which is to be put in hand immediately. The base is intended mainly for a xepair and storea depot for the Ai* Force, but additional laijd adjoiniUg tho aerpdrome site has been taken over and housing accommpdation is tq ba provided for increased staffing and thi landing ground is to be extended ta provide for big bpmbing oraft. Thp Public Works Department i# new calling tender? for extenaipns ia the maia accommodatiQn btpok tp provide fqr an increase in the ground atftff from 58-59 te 171, as Hobsonvilie will take a large prQpprtipn pf thp yqut|f reoqntly enlisted in the air forpe,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 21, 18 October 1937, Page 5
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154BIGGER AIR BASE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 21, 18 October 1937, Page 5
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