Pilot training

The fine weather of the last few days enabled the flying staff at Sockburn to put the finishing touches to two more pupils in training, and during a visit to the aerodrome on Sunday Colonel Chaffey and Major Morrison were able to pass both pupils in their flying tests, very good ‘‘tickets’’ being taken.

The new pilots are: W.S Macpherson (Oamaru) and R. W. Dorset (Wellington). One hundred and six pupils have now ‘‘ticketed’’ at the school, and others are ready for their examination. — ODT, 10.7.1918

COPIES OF PICTURE AVAILABLE FROM ODT FRONT OFFICE, LOWER STUART ST, OR WWW.OTAGOIMAGES.CO.NZ Mr Hamilton’s threshing plant at work on a farm at South Hillend, Southland. — Otago Witness, 10.7.1918.