DETAILS GIVEN

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 68, 13 December 1933, Page 8

DETAILS GIVEN

Proposed Air Services

APPROXIMATE TIMES Two Routes in Prospect By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, ’ December 12. A tentative timetable for the routes to be covered by the proposed national air service which is being inaugurated by Dominion Airways Limited, has been announced by Mr. Wilfred Kingsford Smith, brother of Sir Charles. The main route is planned from Auckland to Dunedin. The journey will commence in Auckland in the morning and finish at the southern city In the afternoon. It is proposed to fly four return trips weekly and later on to increase this to a daily service. The approximate times of departure from the principal airports are: Auckland to New Plymouth, leave 8 a.m.; New Plymouth to Wellington, leave 9.30 a.m. arriving at 11 a.m.; Wellington to Christchurch, leave 12.30 p.m.; Christchurch to Dunedin, leave 2 p.m., arriving 3.45 p.m.

There will also be a round route connecting Auckland with the East Coast and finishing through Wellington at Nelson. This service will be flown twice weekly and will be increased if there is a demand for an extension. Towns definitely included in the timetable, subject to intermediate grounds being suitable, with times, are as follows: Auckland to Hamilton, leave 8 a.m.; Hamilton to Rotorua, leave 8.30 a.m.; Rotorua. to Gisborne, leave 9 a.m.; Gisborne to Napier, leave 10 a.m.; Napier to Wellington, leave 11 a.m., arriving at 12.30 p.m.; Wellington to Nelson, leave 2 p.m., arriving at 2.45 p.m. Conditional places where passengers can be set down or picked up on this route as required will be Dannevirke and Palmerston North. It'is proposed, subject to satisfactory tests, to use four . Wackett-Codock monoplanes,, of which three will be in constant use and one kept in reserve. RECORD TRIP MADE Auckland to Invercargill • MR. ULM TAKES MAILS / By Telegraph.—Press Association. Invercargill, December 12. After an uneventful non-stop flight from Auckland to Invercargill, Mr. C. T. P. Ulm arrived here at 12.35 p.m. today, accomplishing the hop of approximately 760 miles in the record time of 7 hours 57 minutes.’ It was the first non-stop flight between the two cities. The Faith in Australia, with her seven passengers, left Auckland at 4.38 a.m. add at 12.35 p.m. landed at the Southland Aero Club’s aerodrome. It was not anticipated that Mr. Ulm and party would reach Invercargill much before one o’clock. and consequently, when they arrived, few spectators were assembled to meet‘ them. Two of the Southland Aero-Club’s planes escorted the Faith in Australia to the aerodrome.

Mr. Ulm had very little to say when interviewed. “We had a good trip down, the weather being ideal,” he said. “The bus gave us no trouble whatever. We had a wonderful view of the country all the way down and Mount Cook showed up very clearly, giving us a remarkable picture.” She took the largest air mall ever carried in New Zealand. The special staff at the Post Office expeted about six thousand letters, but after the midnight clearance of the post' boxes the total reached 10,399 letters, 234 registered and five other articles. Besides the mail, a box of flowers from the president of the Auckland Aero Club, Mr. E. R. Boucher, was brought for the wife of the president of the Southland Club, Mrs. H. J. Macalister. The party was unofficially welcomed by Messrs. H. J. Macallster, J. E. Cuthill, secretary, and other members of the Southland Aero Club and later officially welcomed by the Mayor.