CIVIL FLYING
A MONTH’S RECORD A return supplied by tho New Zealand Air Board shows that during the month of April, 217 flights were made in tho Dominion, 413 passengers were carried, tho total time spent in the air was 40 hours 23 minutes, 3087 miles were covered, tho average mileage per flight being 14.2. Details! of the civil flying done are as follow: — N.Z. Government Air Services, Wigram Aerodrome: Passengers carried, 58; hours flown, 7hr. 50min.; approximate machine mileage, 734; number of flights, 34; average mileage per flight, 21.3. Captain L H. Brake, East Coast, North Island: Passengers carried 69; hours flown. Bhr. 3min.; approximate machine mileage, 538; number of flights, 40; average mileage per flight, 13.4. Captain W. M. Buckley, West Coast, South Island: Passengers carried, 286; hours flown, 24hr. SOniin.; approximate machine mileage, 1815; number of flights, 143 ; average mileage per flight, 12.6
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 194, 12 May 1924, Page 6
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146CIVIL FLYING Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 194, 12 May 1924, Page 6
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