NEW FLYING FIELDS
USE IN EMERGENCY Because of the substantial increase in. the use of aircraft in New Zealand caused by the war, auxiliary landinggrounds and emergency landing strip. l , are being constructed in many parts of the Dominion. They have also been made necessary in seme cases in the vicinity of existing aerodromes, because of the exceptional wear or. the surface of some of the busier flying-fields. The Minister cf Defence, the <Hon. F. Jones, announced last week that the War Cabinet had authorised recently the construction of a number c auxiliary landing grounds. One wa at Rumen, north of Auckland, ar. another at Raglan, where work wr. in progress. Heavy air traffic, spec.ally in wet months, tended to (lit u. the surface of some of the aerodrome; where intensive (lying training was i: progress, and therefore the auxiliary fields were valuable to enable irainir.o to be continued without a break. The emergency field at Raglan if expected to prove particularly useful for aircraft of limited range. It is situated on the main air route between Auckland and New Plymouth, and will meet a need that has long been recognised.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 3
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191NEW FLYING FIELDS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 3
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