THREE-HOUR RUNS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 144, 19 June 1937, Page 10

THREE-HOUR RUNS

LOCKHEEDS ON ROUTE TESTS

The new machines are settling easily into their time-table runs between Wellington and Auckland, though as the flights made during the last few days, and those being made today and again tomorrow, are purely test runs, the schedules are not being exactly adhered to. The time-table allows for three hours between the two centres, including stops at Palmerston North and New Plymouth, but the Electras have a wide margin, of speed over that required for easy compliance with that schedule.

The passengers on .the flight from Auckland today included the Director of Civil Aviation, Wing-Commander T. M. Wilkes, Dr. M. A. F. Barnett, the representative of the Meteorological Office on the Aeradio Committee, and Mr. E. A. Gibson, aerodrome engineer of the Public Works Department, and also a member of the Aeradio Committee, of which Wing-Commander Wilkes is chairman.

The Electra left on the return flight at midday, one of the passengers being Mrs. McGregor, widow of the late Squadron-Leader M. C. McGregor, who was manager of flying operations of Union Airways when he met his death in a tragic accident at Rongotai. Pilots and officials will carry out various tests of radio communication during the flight. The air-liner will leave Mangere tomorrow at midday and is due back at Rongotai tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.