11-HOUR CROSSING
FLYING-BOAT DELAYED HEAD WINDS IN TASMAN •.. \ • ; (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Delayed by severe head-winds, Tasman Empire Airways flying-boat, Awarua, took just under,ll hours for the crossing yesterday from Auckland to Sydney, the longest time for the journey since the inauguration of the service. Under Command of Captain Oscar Garden, the Awarua left Auckland at 6.8 a.m. and arrived in Sydney at 5.3 p.m. New Zealand time. She carried seven passengers and 5991 b. of mail. The passengers included Mr. J. Buckeridge, the acting controller of civil aviation in the Dominion.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20254, 23 May 1940, Page 4
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