Photograph collection from the Auckland Weekly News showing New Zealand Territorial Air Force pilots taking part in a training course at Wigram Aerodrome, 1935. The caption reads:
TRAINING FOR NEW ZEALAND TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE PILOTS: ANNUAL REFRESHER COURSE AT WIGRAM AERODROME, CHRISTCHURCH
Photographs taken during flight manoeuvres and practical work at the recent refresher course at Wigram for members of No. 1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron of the New Zealand Territorial Air Force, most of whom were from the Auckland district.
Top left: Practice in use of the camera gun. Top right: Hawker Tom Tit machines engaged in formation flying. Centre left: Starting the engine of a Bristol fighter. Centre right: Flight-Lieutenant S. Wallingford allocating machines to officers. Lower: Formation flying in the clouds above Christchurch.
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