Flights over ice defended
It was better to have tourists fly over Antarctica than to have them on the ice itself, said Sir Edmund Hillary yesterday, after acting as commentator on Air Xew Zealand’s second flight to the continent. He described the flight as “magnificent.” There was cloud for most of the journey south but this broke as the aircraft approached the Antarctic. “I don’t disagree with this kind of flight," said Sir Edmund. “You just had to look at people's faces to see that it was a success.” Sir Edmund said that people who regarded the flight as a waste of fuel would also have to condemn flights to the Gold Coast of Australia, for example, for the same reason.
The flight was an adventure for the passengers and the only way most of them could see the Antarctic.
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Press, 23 February 1977, Page 6
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