MANGERE AERODROME DEVELOPMENT. —An aerial view of the Mangere Aerodrome, where 200 men are engaged in levelling and turfing runways sufficiently large to accommodate the largest of air liners. Each runway is being made to a width of 160 yards and the lines drawn on the photograph indicate the directions in which they run. The principal strip for landing and taking off is A-A, which is being constructed in the line of the prevailing wind. It is to be 780 yards in length. The lengths of the other two runways, B-B and C-C, are 740 yards and 654 yards respectively.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 5
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100MANGERE AERODROME DEVELOPMENT. —An aerial view of the Mangere Aerodrome, where 200 men are engaged in levelling and turfing runways sufficiently large to accommodate the largest of air liners. Each runway is being made to a width of 160 yards and the lines drawn on the photograph indicate the directions in which they run. The principal strip for landing and taking off is A-A, which is being constructed in the line of the prevailing wind. It is to be 780 yards in length. The lengths of the other two runways, B-B and C-C, are 740 yards and 654 yards respectively. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 5
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