EVeryone knew in a general way, says a review, that to oka in the coveted wings the aspirant airman had to go through exacting and elaborate curriculum, hut for obvious reasons the knowledge of its details was confined to the select circle of the initiated. In “Training the Airman" Mr Cecil Roberts given an extremely interesting description of the processes by which an “ace" is evolved. ■ The essence of the aviation course is that at every stage theory is combined with practice; from the beginning every resource of science is called in to impart realism to the proceedings. Thus to learn “spotting” the student climbs to a gallery in a lofty hall; on the floor below him is a largo coloured model of a stretch of country, an exact replica of a section of the
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1919, Page 2
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135Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1919, Page 2
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