AIRMEN HONOURED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 118, 11 January 1932, Page 6

AIRMEN HONOURED

PRESENTATION TO WING COMMANDER GRANT DALTON AERO CLUBS' TRIBUTE WELLINGTON, Friday. The presentation of a silver tray on behalf of the New Zealand aero clubs was made at Wellington yesterday afternoon to Wing-Commander GrantDalton, in appreciation of his services to aviation, during his term of office as Director of Air Services. On behalf of Sir Francis Boys, first president of the New Zealand Aero Club, Mr. A. W. Nisbet,' secretary of the. Wellington Aero Club made the presentation, and wished Wing-Com-mander Grant-Dalton -a pleasant voyage and a speedy return to New Zealand . On behalf of the New Plymouth Aero Club, Mr. Nisbet also presented Wing-Commander Grant-Dalton with a framed photograph of Mount Egmont. In responding Wing-Commander Grant-Dalton said that before he left the service, he told Squadron-Leader Wilkes that he would like to present a trophy to the four squadrons in New Zealand to compete for each year, the trophy to be presented to the most efficient squadron. He hoped that the four squadrons in New Zealand would keep up to the mark. It was impossible to run a service unless training operations were carried out at least once a year. .-Air mails were one aspect of aviation he would like to see go ahead in New Zealand. He noticed it was successful at Christmas time. He thought that when the slump was over it might be developed. The inscription on the tray is as follows: "Presented to Wing-Com-mander Grant-Dalton on his departure from New Zealand by the New Zealand Aero Club (Incorporated)." Ihis is followed by the names of the /arious aero clubs in New Zealand. a