AERIAL SURVEY.
MONOPLANE'S LONG- FLIGHT. AUCKLAND TO SOUTH ISLAND. ,(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. A flight of 555 miles in four hours 55 minutes' actual flying time was completed by Lieutenant Buckley, when he arrived from Auckland to-day in a Fairey HI. F monoplane. A stop was made at Blenheim, where Lieutenant Buckley landed to inspect the auxiliary petrol tanks, which he suspected were not functioning properly. He found little amiss, and resumed his flight, arriving at the Wigram aerodrome at 4.35 p.m. When the weather clears Lieutenant Buckley will leave for the Maniototo Plains, Central Otago; to make an aerial photographic survey. He will make his base at Ranfurly and spend four days on the work. Special accommodation|has been made in the aeroplitine for a photographer and his apparatus, and the wide flying range of the machine -will facilitate the survey over an extensive territory.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1930, Page 15
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