Viscount Sets Flight Record
(New Zealand Press Association I AUCKLAND, November 12. A National Airways Viscount today flew the Wellington-Auck-land trip in a record Ihr Bmin, 17min under the normal time. Assisted by tail winds, the aircraft City of Christchurch left Wellington airport at 9.4 a.m. and landed at Whenuapai at 10.12 a.m. Piloted by Captain J. H. Register, of Christchurch, the Viscount carried 42 passengers.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29051, 13 November 1959, Page 20
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