ON LAST STAGE.
Clipper's Maiden Flight Across
Pacific.
SIMILAR TYPE TOR N.Z.
(Received 11 a.m.)
HONGKONG, March 3.
Pan-American Airways giant Boeing Clipper, similar in type to those intended ultimately for service to New Zealand, arrived at Kaitak aerodrome oil the last stage of her maiden transPacific flight from San Francisco.
AVIATION AT SCHOOL
Made Compulsory Subject
In Rumania.
PRINCIPLES OF FLYING.
Independent Cable Service. (Received 9.30 a.m.) BUCHAREST, March 3. The Government has introduced aviation aij, a compulsory school subject. At first physics teachers will merely lecture on the principles of flying, but will gradually extend the scope of the subject.
14 AIR LINERS.
Have Four Engines And Carry
30 Passengers.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT ORDER. (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, March 3. The "Daily Telegraph" says the Air Ministry has ordered 14 Fairey air liners costing £750,000.
They will have four engines and a cruising speed of 230 miles an hour. They will carry 30 passengers.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 53, 4 March 1939, Page 9
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