Flying Thrills Broadcast

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 18, 13 November 1931, Page 5

Flying Thrills Broadcast

no ---=1t ee I OE I Aero Week in Auckland ADIO listeners are to be thrilled by another series of "stunt" broadcasts during the Auckland Aero Club’s Aviation Week, from November 16 to 21. The local broadcasting stations are planning to make the week a memorable one for listeners. On Saturday evening, November 21, 1VYA will relay from the aerodrome an actual description and commentary on the first public night flying exhibition in the Dominion. A machine will be flown by the Club’s chief instructor, Flight-Lieutenant Allen, and will be followed immediately by an elaborate aerial fireworks display. The switch-over to the aerodrome will be made during a real aviation programme to be broadcast on that evening from the studio. Preceded by the first radio talk by Mrs. Hewlett, the veteran English airwoman, only recently arrived in the Dominion, this programme froni 1YA should be both novel and interesting. During this Aviation Week an exhibition is to be held in Auckland, when the Curtiss Pilot Instruction Machine will be shown in the Dominion for the first time. This machine teaches the elementary principles of flying, and to the person showing the greatest aptitude for handling it there will be given a scholarship for a complete course of flying instruction with the Aluckland Aero Club. A topical description of the exhibition will be broadcast by 1ZR daily, from November 16 to 21, at 12.30 and.1.30 p.m. During this week the broadcasting stations in Auckland will feature various aviation music, particularly recorded numbers by the Royal Air Force Band. i he. PTE Py Pa ©) ann (Py PAE Fy eT ©) Keak © Kexeenecrrence