WEATHER CONDITIONS GOOD
(Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Warning of the aisle he was taking in flying the Tasman with only a small margin of fuel was given to Mr O’Hara by the Civil Aviation Department. Officials of the Department refused to grant permission to leave with an overloaded ’plane. The airman carries tools which he will use to cut away the engine of his ’plane in the event of a forced descent on the water. According to a. special forecast the weather over the Tasman is satisfactory for flying.
ADVICE TO NEW PLYMOUTH REQUEST TO PREPARE FLARES. NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. Mr S. E. Nielson (secretary to the New Plymouth Aero Club) has received cabled advice that Mr O’Hara expects to land at New Plymouth airport about 5.30 p.m. He requested that flares be ready in case of a night landing.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 5, 18 October 1935, Page 5
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