TASMAN FLIGHT.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20620, 9 August 1932, Page 11

TASMAN FLIGHT.

SIR CHARLES KINGS EOBDSMITH'S FLANS. (raxss ASsora&Tioir tujumUju.) WELLINGTON, August A Mr B. Shiel, aviation officer for the Vacuum Oil Company, who returned to-day by the Monowai/ said thkt Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith definitely ittends" to cany out a flight to New Zea.lancL/He proposes to leave Sydney en or about September 14th in the early hours of the morning. Two o'clock is the time set for September 14th, when the moon is fnlL The original Southern Cross wilt be used.,' ' ' Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith's objec-. tive is New Plymouth, where he hopes to arrive before dusk. The crew will be Kingsford-Smith (pilot), "Seottyf' Allen (second pilot and navigator), and J. W. S tannage (wireless operator), and probably a passenger will be earned. - The itinerary'in New Zealand will be: New Plymouth to . Auckland, thenee Hamilton, Wanganui, Palmerston NortS, Masterton, Blenheim, Christchurch, Timaru, DunedjnJ and InvercargilL With regard to Wellington, difficulty is being experienced about a landing j**ound, Bongotai- not being suitable foi the machine, but an effort is being made to arrange for the Ttentham racecourse With the . object of meeting Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith. a hunareo miles out to sea on his forthcoming flight from Sydney to New Plymouth in September two Tsranaki residents, it is understood, are endeavouring to make arrangements for the hiring, of'a Moth aeroplane. One of the men concerned is a qualified pilot, and the qther is a country resident who is anxious to make the venture and is prepared to give-the financial backing. ?.