Engine With A History
(N.Z. Press Association)
AUCKLAND, Dec. 23. Four apprentice mechanics at Auckland airport are spending their lunch hours and tea breaks restoring an engine from Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s recordmaking aircraft, the Southern Cross.
Air New Zealand’s management liaison representative, Mr G. N. Wells, found the 200 horsepower Wright Whirlwind engine about four years ago, rusting away in a garage in Orange, 260 miles from Sydney. With the help of the Australian Civil Aviation Department he moved the engine to Sydney, and with the help of Qantas engineers had it broken down for its flight to Auckland.
The engine was presented to the Auckland Museum of Transport and Technology. It still has the original spark plugs. The apprentice mechanics believe that if they can discover “a few more pieces” they could have it in working order.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30942, 24 December 1965, Page 16
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139Engine With A History Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30942, 24 December 1965, Page 16
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