AUST. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO WHANGAREI
(P.A.) WHANGAREI, March 23. Six Firefly aircraft and three Hawker Sea Furies landed unexpectedly at the Onerahi aerodrome at 10.30 this morning because something had temporarily gone wrong with the aircraft-carrier, H.M.A.S. Sydney, about 40 miles from Whnngarei.
The aircraft containing about 15 personnel left the ship about 7.30 this morning on exercises. They had made a substantial flight and had little fuel left. As a result the crews were faced with the difficulty of getting the required 100 octane petrol to take them back to their ship. A radio communication was established quickly between Onerahi and the ship and within a few minutes it was arranged that the petrol should be flown in from the ship. Later, however, this scheme was abandoned and it was arranged to rush the petrol from Auckland by road tanker. One aircraft had a slight mishap when landing. Apparently the starboard oleo, which supports a landing wheel, failed to function properly anti the plane tipped forward slightly bending two blades of the five-blade propcllor and rendering the aircraft unserviceable.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23211, 24 March 1950, Page 6
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