Air Club for Auckland

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 160, 27 September 1927, Page 6

Air Club for Auckland

Proposal Under Way The proposal mentioned in THE SUN recently to form an Air Club in Auckland has been enthusiastically supported and quite a number of people have come forward who are willing to join, and further the cause of aviation in New Zealand. It is stated that a meeting will be held in a week or two to establish. a club on a firm footing. In this connection it is interesting to note what has been done in Sydney in the formation of the Australian Aero Club, New South Wales Section. A handbook recently published gives the history of the club since its inception in 1919. Membership of the club is not confined to ex-servicemen or to actual pilots and the; principal object of the club is stated to be for the association of all persons interested in the encouragement and development of aeronautics in all :ts branches. The club has now organised a flying club and offers to its members in opportunity to fly and to learn flying. Under an agreement with the Australian Government the club has been lsnt three de Haviland Moth airplanes and spare engines, together with a hangar and a comfortable club house at Mascot Airdrome, Sydney. The club employs a first-class pilotinstructor and an engineer and its charges for flying instruction are about half those of many English flying schools. Complete courses of instruction are pre vided to train pilots, but in addition there are the advantages of club life and membership. The club’s work is of great national importance because not only is it popularising aviation in Australia, but it is building up a national resep T e of trained pilots available in any emergency. A.A.A. ACTIVITIES A circular will shortly be forwarded to members giving details of new tours that have been mapped out. It is not generally known that the association makes a practice of giving a reward to anyone instrumental in recovering cars stolen from members. * • • information gained in over miles of travel through the North Island will be embodied in the roaa guide which wall be published next month on behalf of the automobile associations. The bulk of the work has been done by the Auckland Automobile Association, and only the Wellington Automobile Club lias held aloof. The A.A.A. has nevertheless devoted considerable time to covering the Wellington territory, and the road guide will be just as comprehensive in this section as it will be. regarding Taranaki or Hawke’s Bay. * • • A meeting of motorists is being convened in I‘aeroa to-morrow night at s o’c lock in the Century Hall. The A.A..A. are proposing to establish an agency at Paeroa because it « ari impor ant tourist junction Thames-Coromandel Peninsula, Auc*' land-Hauraki Plains, Tauranga-Ba. of Plenty. . The meeting will be addressed &. Mr. J. Park, a member of the counci..