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GROUP CAPT. WHITE PACIFIC AIR SERVICE IMPORTANCE TO EMPIRE (P.A.) _ _ AUCKLAND, April 22. The opinion that the new air service between Auckland and Vancouver, which begins on Friday, had a vitally important future because it was the “all Red” route and both Canada and the United Kingdom were interested in keeping it open, was expressed by Group Captain T. W. White, CJB.E., : R.N.Z.A.F., who returned to-day in the Arawa after five years in Canada. Group Captain White, who was chief of the New Zealand air mission to Canada until it ceased operations, was concerned in the preliminary discus* s.ions and negotiations for the establishment of the new air service. , “We were extremely fortunate in obtaining the fifth freedom —the right to pick up passengers in a foreign country and fly them to another coun-try-—this involving United States’ cooperation,” said Group Captain White. “I think the service augurs well for the future. There is no doubt that it will be a very important link, particularly from the aspect of our interests in the Pacific. “I do think it was very wise to get established slowly,” he added. Group Captain White was the New Zealand representative on the supervisory board of the Empire air training scheme. He had also been air attache at Ottawa and New Zealand representative at the international air discussions. i Referring to the international discussions, he said it was interesting to note that the New Zealand proposal for the international ownership of air lines, submitted by the late Mr. D. G. Sullivan, was supported by Australia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France and Abyssinia, and was still being studied by the provisional civil aviation organisation. Of 7700 New Zealanders who passed through the British Empire air training scheme, 7000 graduated as air crew.' There were 31 casualties during training, and 35 were killed on operational training, said Group Captain White. He looked back with pride on the air training
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22312, 23 April 1947, Page 5
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