AERODROME AT WESTPORT
ftEW SITE SELECTED SUITABLE Ft) ii THE LARGEST MACHINES fitife Press special servitd.l WESTPORT. February 23. Approval of a site -for a new aerodrome; situated three miles from West--pOft Ori the Wfcstpdrt-Cape FdulWihd fdad, has bddh given by the Govcrhriidrit to Bullet ideal bodies. The area df the prdposdd site is 130 acres. It Is Dofudi-ed bh ohe sidfe, by Cartel's Beach, Ori another by the Wdslport Golf Club’s kriWritiri links, -The srihdy soil shoiild Be verji suitable for riviatidh pufpdsds, The hew Critter’s Beach domain will partly, bordef the area. It is estimated that the runways will be able to Catfer for the , largest aeirdplaries Which ard likely to visit Westport fdr some years td cqriie. Thd rierodrome at the North, Beach has been classed as only suitable for Use by Small iriachirids, and Ohly by riir servied machines In times df emergerifcy; ! „
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22335, 24 February 1938, Page 10
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