New Zealand Gazette – 1938 – No. 65

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1968
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

  1. TRAINING.
    Members of the reserve shall be required to undergo such annual training, not exceeding twenty days a year, and to pass such tests as may from time to time be determined by the Air Board.

  2. LEAVE TO PROCEED ABROAD.
    A member of the reserve proposing to leave the Dominion must first notify the Department and obtain written permission to proceed abroad. Such permission will not normally be withheld.

  3. NOTIFICATION OF ADDRESS.
    Members of the reserve shall report all changes in their addresses to the Department.

  4. APPOINTMENT TO THE REGULAR AIR FORCE.
    Provided he fulfils the conditions of entry laid down in the regulations applicable to such appointments, a member of the reserve may be considered for appointment to a commission, or for enlistment, in the Regular Air Force, or for appointment to a commission in the Royal Air Force.

SECTION I.—RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS.

  1. COMPOSITION.
    The Reserve of Air Force Officers shall consist of the following classes :—
    Class A: Officers for flying duties.
    Class B: Officers for other duties.

  2. CLASSES.
    (1) Officers of the reserve, Class A, shall be divided into two sections and drawn—
    (a) As to Section I, from officers who have held commissions in His Majesty’s Air Forces.
    (b) As to Section II, from civilians entered directly into the reserve.
    (2) Officers of the reserve, Class B, shall be similarly divided into two sections and drawn—
    (a) As to Section I, from officers who have held commissions in His Majesty’s Air Forces.
    (b) As to Section II, from civilians who have the necessary qualifications for one of the specialist categories of the Air Force.
    (3) Candidates must satisfy a Selection Committee as to their general fitness to hold a commission and that their qualifications are of the standard required.

  3. AGE-LIMITS FOR APPLICANTS.
    (1) Applicants for commissions in the reserve must have attained the age of seventeen and a half years at the date of entry into the reserve, but must not have attained the following ages :—
    (a) Twenty-five years for Class A, Section II, except that “B” license commercial pilots may be accepted up to twenty-eight years of age :
    (b) Thirty-one years for all other classes.
    (2) The Air Board may, however, in certain circumstances dispense with the above requirements as to age.

  4. RANK ON ENTRY.
    (1) An officer transferred from the Active List will be transferred in the substantive rank held by him at the termination of his service on the Active List.
    (2) An officer entering Class A or B from civil life will normally enter in the rank of pilot officer, but the Air Board may, in special circumstances, take into consideration the high qualifications of a candidate and grant him a higher rank on entry.

  5. PROBATION AND CONFIRMATION.
    All commissions granted to candidates from civil life in Classes A and B will be on probation. An officer may, if his service is satisfactory, be confirmed in his appointment at any time after completing twelve months’ service in the reserve.



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🛡️ The Royal New Zealand Air Force Regulations, 1938 (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 September 1938
Regulations, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Training, Leave, Address Notification, Appointment, Reserve of Air Force Officers, Composition, Classes, Age-Limits, Rank, Probation, Confirmation