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THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.

“FITTEST MEN IN THE world.’;..; “The members of the Royal Air Force ate the fittest, men in the world,” declared Mi* F. N. Hemphill, of Auckland, who returned by . the lonic after three years* Service jpjlth the R.A.Fi in England. To get .into the force, he said, it was wysmvy to pass a very stringent medical examination, and as there were many more recruitjs offering than were required the medical board could afford to be very exacting, in its requirements. Some young men seemed to think that they could go to England, pass their. medical examination straight away, and start flying on the, following day, "but that/was not so. After passing the medical test the embryo pilot had to spend aUxrat a year at an aviation school: “But once you .start flying it’s a great life,” he remarked. '

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Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1930, Page 4

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THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1930, Page 4

THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1930, Page 4

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