AVIATION AS A CAREER

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1931, Page 5

AVIATION AS A CAREER

POSSIBILITIES FOR. YOUNG MEN

DUNEDIN, January 14.

“Take to the air young man,” is the advice given to the youth of the Dominion by an ex-officer of the Royal Air Force, who has just passed through Duneclin. In conversation,' the visitor, who is now approaching middle .age, expressed regret that he was not younger and able to start his flying career all over again. s ; “When I learned to fly,” he said, “I was already a fair age and generally speaking, I consider that to he a disadvantage. Nobody will take so naturally to aviation as the young fellow who has been born well within the age of aeroplanes. In these matters atmosphere counts for a good deal.”

He went on to say that aviation was one of the great careers of the future and when it was developed to a fuller extent it would be an important factor in the relieving of unemployment. A network of flying routes meant the establishment of innumerable aerodromes and the consequent engagement of many mechanics and other types of workers. In these days the placing or voting men was it matter of extreme difficulty and the obvious thing to do was to direct the stream of young manhood into careers which had a future such as aviation.