CLIPPER’S BIG LOAD
Fifty-Two Passengers And Crew Of 12 FREIGHT AND MAIL ALSO (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, November 25. With 52 passengers and a crew of 12 on board, the California Clipper left Auckland at 4.30 this morning on her return flight to San Francisco. In addition to the 64 persons aboard, the clipper carried 9601 b. of mail and 5261 b. of freight. The clipper’s load was within 13501 b. of its maximum for such a flight. Mr. T. S. Delany, district sales manager of Pan-American Airways tn Auckland, said it would have been possible to carry another six passengers, making a total complement, of 70. Arriving at Noumea at 11.59 a.m.. •New Zealand time, the clipper left there at 1.11 p.m. and arrived at Suva at 6.32 p.m. She will continue the flight from Suva tomorrow.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 53, 26 November 1941, Page 6
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