THE SURVEY CLIPPER
PROGRESS TO AUCKLAND
WORK FINISHED AT PAGO PAGO
NEW YORK, March 27.
A North American Newspaper, Alliance copyright message from Captain E. Musick, pilot of the Pan-American Airways survey Clipper afPago'Pago, states:— ' . . .
"The speed ' with ~ which the storm which has been, centred for sever il days north of New Zealand leaves our course will determine the1 time of our take-off for Auckland. If we leave at dawn on Sunday, as is now possible, we will cross the date-line early on Sunday. Though the flight'will take no more than 13 hours, we will then arrive at Auckland on Monday night, which means that we will have practically no Easter.' '
"Our ground studies are completed. Researches into the periods of visibility of the Rainmaker', the highest mountain peak, indicate that it will be one of the most important air landmarks in the South Pacific in the future."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 73, 29 March 1937, Page 10
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148THE SURVEY CLIPPER Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 73, 29 March 1937, Page 10
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