WHERE THE LONDON-CHRISTCHURCH AIR RACE WILL FINISH.—An aerial view of the Christchurch International Airport at Harewood, showing the runways where competitors in the London-Christchurch air race will land in October The main runway, which is sealed, runs from the foreground to the back of the photograph in front of the “hungars, and is 6600ft long, and there are 1200ft gravel overruns at each end. The subsidiary runway, which runs from left to right in the picture, is 5700ft long.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27090, 13 July 1953, Page 8
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79WHERE THE LONDON-CHRISTCHURCH AIR RACE WILL FINISH.—An aerial view of the Christchurch International Airport at Harewood, showing the runways where competitors in the London-Christchurch air race will land in October The main runway, which is sealed, runs from the foreground to the back of the photograph in front of the “hungars, and is 6600ft long, and there are 1200ft gravel overruns at each end. The subsidiary runway, which runs from left to right in the picture, is 5700ft long. Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27090, 13 July 1953, Page 8
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