THE AIR FORCE

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1930, Page 2

THE AIR FORCE

COMMISSIONS*. FOR CLUB-

TRAINED PILOT'S. '

WELLINGTON, Aug. 22,

Candidates for commissions in the New Zealand Air Force, which are being allotted to club-trained pilots, will be examined as to their knowledge of aircraft and engines and air regulations, and will also have to write an etway upon some set topic. The examination will be a written one.

The first paper, for which two hours will be allowed, will demand an elementary knowledge of the laws of the resistance of air, the functions ol different parts of a machine, and of their control with particular application to light, aeroplanes and the elementary principles of rigging. A general elementary knowledge of internal combustion engines will be required, and candidates will be expected to know the causes of faulty ruHllilig lit eilgihes, The second paper will deal entirely with air traffic tides, ilitcl the cssav will be Of ildt more than S(H) Words Upon sdrrte general Uvlatioit topic, the choice of three subjects being given. Candidates nnipt be over 18 and under 30 years of age, wlio have gained their “A” flying licenses, and who have matriculated. Those who are successful in the examination will, should they pass the Air Force medical testis, l>c granted commissions in the New Zealand Air Force as pilot officers on probation. At the conclusion of the annual course of instruction, probationary pilot officers who obtain satisfactory reports will be confirmed in their rank. Pilot officers who fail to pans the prescribed examination for promotion to flying officers within two years from the date of appointment will normally be required to resign, their commissions as officers. They will carry out an annual course of instruction of approximately two weeks between January and April at Wigram Aerodrome.

Pilot officers will receive 8s per day, with 10s per day flying pay, in addition to free rations and„ quarters during the courses, also uniform grants and allowances.