Thunderous dawn
PA Auckland Air traffic control workers at Auckland Airport logged a series , of complaints yesterday morning after ' three American tanker aircraft made a noisy take-off from Mangere at 3 a.m. The trio of Boeing Stratotankers thundered - away from Auckland on their way to refuel a United States Air Force Starlifter aircraft re-
turning from a supply drop in Antarctica. An air traffic control spokesman said the “noisy old jet engines” on the aircraft created the disturbance. „ • . Laden with aviation fuel, the Stratotankers were forced to take off from Auckland rather than use the shorter Christchurch Airport runway.
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Press, 23 June 1981, Page 6
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