New lease of life for old flying boat
NZPA London The last airworthy fourengined flying boat in service in New Zealand 40 years ago is being prepared for a new lease of life in the Republic of Ireland. The Sunderland 525, which was designed as a wartime submarine hunter, will be used to take tourists on scenic flights in County Limerick this summer after being extensively renovated in Kent. The Sunderland, registration ML 814, first rolled out of the Shorts factory in Belfast in 1944. It was delivered to the Royal Air Force, who flew it in the Atlantic, Bay of Biscay and Norway, hunt-
ing U-boats. The plane then went to the Royal New Zealand Air Force and was used as a transport between islands. At the end of the war, the Sunderland was converted to passenger use with 30 seats and run by the Australian airline Ansett to provide an air. link between Sydney and Lord Howe Island . 600 miles away. Its present owner, Mr Edward Hulton, bought the plane in 1979 and brought it from the Virgin Islands to Britain. In 1983 it flew to London and became the first flying boat to taxi under Tower Bridge for more than 25 years.
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Press, 14 July 1989, Page 35
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