AN AIRPORT IN THE MAKING,—The aerodrome at Napier, formed on a portion of the land raised when the inner harbour dried up at the time of the .* In th ba J k , is one of the old Napier tramcars, which ceased to run after the earthquake. The vehicle shown is used as an office, and air-liners draw up beside it to ” ground are the. masts of the radio station recently established to serve aircraft operating along the East Coast of the North Island. After functioning for three years, East Coast Airways, Ltd., went out of existence yesterday , the passenger service between Palmerston North 9 Napier , and Gisborne being taken over y nto y >
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22443, 2 July 1938, Page 21
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113AN AIRPORT IN THE MAKING,—The aerodrome at Napier, formed on a portion of the land raised when the inner harbour dried up at the time of the .* In th baJk, is one of the old Napier tramcars, which ceased to run after the earthquake. The vehicle shown is used as an office, and air-liners draw up beside it to ” ground are the. masts of the radio station recently established to serve aircraft operating along the East Coast of the North Island. After functioning for three years, East Coast Airways, Ltd., went out of existence yesterday, the passenger service between Palmerston North9 Napier, and Gisborne being taken over y nto y > Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22443, 2 July 1938, Page 21
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