PATIENT'S TRIP BY AIR
HAWERA TO OAMARU
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) , OAMAEU, December 13. The first New Zealand flight of thai Wellington Waco aerial ambulance for the removal of a patient was acconn plished this afternoon between Hawerai and Oamaru, the aeroplane, under Captain Bolt, making a perfect landing at the Alma Aerodrome (Oamaru) shortly after 3 p.m. The time occupied mi the flight; was 4 hours 20 minutes. Tha patient was Mrs. Whillans, who wished to rejoin her people at Oamaru- but dosired to avoid the lengthy rail and boat travel from the North Island. Aeroplanes have "been used before in: New Zealand for the removal of urgent medical cases, but this is the first timo an air ambulance has been, used foj .thisßparticulaoSgurposei'' __,_/ ~
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 17
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124PATIENT'S TRIP BY AIR Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 17
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