ROUND NEW ZEALAND BY AIR
WANGANUI MAN TO MAKE LONG FLIGHT
(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WANGANUI. August 27. What is thought to be the first flight round New Zealand by regular commercial air services alone will be made soon by a Wanganui man. Leaving Palmerston North he will fly via Napier, Gisborne, and the Bay of Plenty to Auckland. Thence he will go via New Plymouth and Palmerston North to Wellington. From Wellington he will fly via Nelson Westport, and Greyniouth to South Westland. From there, after staying a few days, he will go by air to Dunedin. With calls at Christchurch Blenheim, and Wellington, he will re £jm air to Palmerston North. , Two thousand miles will be covered m less than a score of hours’ travelling time, and the traveller will save not only dime but also money through going by air.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22800, 28 August 1939, Page 15
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