CLIPPER'S BIG LOAD
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(P.A.) AUCKLAND, November 25. With 52 passengers and a crew of 12 the. California • Clipper left Auckland at 4.30 this morning ■ oil her return flight to Sari Francisco. In addition to the-64 persons aboard, the clipper carried 9601b of mail and 5261b of freight.- The clipper's load was within 13501b t>fits maximum for such a flight. Mr. P. S. Delany, district sales manager of Pan-American Airways in Auck-land,-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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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 128, 26 November 1941, Page 9
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123CLIPPER'S BIG LOAD Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 128, 26 November 1941, Page 9
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