NEW AIR BASE IN THE PACIFIC. Midway Island, one of the links in the air line from the United States to Asia, which is now being prepared as an air base. Top: One of the buildings recently erected by PanAmerica Airways, showing the runways laid in the saft sand. Below: One of the buildings of the cable station, which was already established on the island. Inset: The big tractor used for hauling heavy material from the skore to the air station.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 170, 20 July 1935, Page 8 (Supplement)
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81NEW AIR BASE IN THE PACIFIC. Midway Island, one of the links in the air line from the United States to Asia, which is now being prepared as an air base. Top: One of the buildings recently erected by Pan-America Airways, showing the runways laid in the saft sand. Below: One of the buildings of the cable station, which was already established on the island. Inset: The big tractor used for hauling heavy material from the skore to the air station. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 170, 20 July 1935, Page 8 (Supplement)
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