FLIGHT ACROSS THE TASMAN
AOTEAROA FORCED TO FLY HIGH AUCKLAND. December 1. Strong head winds were encountered by the Trans-Tasman Empire-Airways flying-boat, Aotearoa, in a flight from Sydney to-day. The time (9hr 23min' taken for the journey was somewhat longer than usual. Rough weather near sea level were escaped by the machine flying at a high altitude for much of the distance. The oldest passenger to travel, by the Trans-Tasman Empire-Airways. Mrs Jane Pope, aged 83 years, of Hamilton, returned from Sydney by the Aotearoa. Mrs Pope travelled to Sydney in the Awarua on her birthday, October 27, and was therefore possibly the first person to celebrate that anniversary in both Auckland and Sydney on the same day. "No more boats for me in the future.” she said. “I told the captain of the Aotearoa that I may go bark in' fve years,"
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23193, 3 December 1940, Page 8
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