DIRECT TO SYDNEY
Woodbourne Flight (N.Z. Press Association) BLENHEIM, Nov. 27. A United States Air Force Skymaster this morning flew from Woodbourne, Blenheim, for Sydney direct, the first such flight from the aerodrome since Sir Charles Kingsford Smith blazed the path in 1928. Woodbourne has been the landfall for a number of flights from Australia and the United States, but flights from the joint R.N.Z.A.F. station and Blenheim civil airport to Sydney are rare. The Skymaster arrived at Woodbourne from the United States nine days ago on a normal supply flight to the United States aero space research unit at Woodbourne. While coming in over Cook Strait its inside port engine became unserviceable and the C-54D landed on three motors. A replacement was flown to Woodbourne from Clark Air Force Base, in the Philippines, and crewmen and R.N.Z.A.F. engine fitters installed the new motor. The engine was test run yesterday and the aircraft, under the command of Lieu-tenant-Colonel D. J. Wolfe, left Woodbourne at 8 o’clock this morning. It carried five other crewmen.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30610, 28 November 1964, Page 27
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173DIRECT TO SYDNEY Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30610, 28 November 1964, Page 27
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