LESSON FROM CENTAURUS.
Without any desire to coin a smart phrase, Captain Burgess, of the flying boat Centaurus, has said that he hopes to have an early breakfast in Auckland and to lunch j in Sydney. In scarcely better or more ; succinct terms could he have presented the j tremendous potentialities of air travel in } general and that of the trans-Tasman service j in particular. He has now practically finished his New Zealand goodwill tour, and not the least beneficial result will have been his stimulation of the air-mindedness of the community at large. Captain Burgess speaks of the enthusiasm with which he was everywhere greeted. This very enthusiasm is proof of a more deeply-seated interest in aviation, an interest which will become more important to New Zealand as time goes on. Another result of the flight, too, has been to show that t if necessary such a large craft could land in many large centres of population in the Dominion.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 4, 6 January 1938, Page 6
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