FLYING-BOAT TURNS BACK —The Sandringham flying-boat New Zealand, with 29 passengers and a crew of seven aboard, made a 380-mile return* flight to Sydney when one engine failed in a squall 500 feet above the Tasman Sea. All luggage was jettisoned to enable height to be maintained. The engine affected is second from the left in this picture of the flying-boat after it landed at Rose Bay.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25364, 11 December 1947, Page 3
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67FLYING-BOAT TURNS BACK —The Sandringham flying-boat New Zealand, with 29 passengers and a crew of seven aboard, made a 380-mile return* flight to Sydney when one engine failed in a squall 500 feet above the Tasman Sea. All luggage was jettisoned to enable height to be maintained. The engine affected is second from the left in this picture of the flying-boat after it landed at Rose Bay. Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25364, 11 December 1947, Page 3
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