AIRTRUCK, THE FIRST COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT to be designed and built in New Zealand, taxi-ing out for its first successful test at Te Kuiti airfield. Members of the staff of Bennett Aviation, Ltd., took two years to build the aircraft, the work being done in their workshop on the airfield. The Airtruck is designed for maximum load and manoeuvrability on small airstrips and will carry a ton and a half of manure. Trucks can park in between the two tail booms and load directly into the hopper. The aircraft, which has a Harvard engine, will fly as soon as the Air Department gives its final permission.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29193, 2 May 1960, Page 13
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105AIRTRUCK, THE FIRST COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT to be designed and built in New Zealand, taxi-ing out for its first successful test at Te Kuiti airfield. Members of the staff of Bennett Aviation, Ltd., took two years to build the aircraft, the work being done in their workshop on the airfield. The Airtruck is designed for maximum load and manoeuvrability on small airstrips and will carry a ton and a half of manure. Trucks can park in between the two tail booms and load directly into the hopper. The aircraft, which has a Harvard engine, will fly as soon as the Air Department gives its final permission. Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29193, 2 May 1960, Page 13
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