RNZAF Wigram (Canterbury) Traditional Cache
camocrab: I note that the owner does not seem to have posted a response cache following Zero_Gravitas's lasi reviewer note.
RNZAF Wigram (Canterbury)
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A stones throw from the RNZAF National museum.
In keeping with my unusual cache types you are not looking for a normal cache container and GPS accuracy at GZ was +- 8m so you will need to use your thinking caps even though you can drive right up to it.
When this cache was placed, the control tower was an unused building in a deserted area. With Ngai Tahu's head offices now here, the area has undergone a complete transformation. New buildings, car parking and even a lawn. As of Oct 14, the cache was still intact but it requires a huge amount of stealth to recover... or time your visit for when the offices are closed.
With the establishment of the RNZAF in 1937 and expansion programmes immediately prior to WWII, flying training was a priority with a Flying Training School established at Wigram and others under construction at Taieri, and Woodbourne at the outbreak of WWII. To meet the RNZAF's requirement to train pilots for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and for local defence purposes, additional flying schools were established around the country.
Following WWII, ab-initio flying training was concentrated at Taieri until 1956, then at No.1 Flying Training School (No.1 FTS) at Wigram. In August 1966 No.1FTS was renamed Pilot Training Squadron (PTS). The Squadron remained at Wigram until 1993 when all flying training was concentrated at RNZAF Base Ohakea.
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