EAST COAST AIRWAYS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12904, 3 July 1936, Page 4

EAST COAST AIRWAYS

RESUMPTION OF SERVICE NOT BEFORE OCTOBER As the result of his inspection of Barton Field, Flight Lieutenant Gibson. engineer in charge or aerodrome construct : on works, announced that the date for resuming the service with Napic-r will not be before October 1Reprcsentatives of East Coast Airwavs were prevent at the and d'seussed the condition o: the aerodrome with the engineer. The airways officials voiced their appreciat:on of the way the reconstruction of the field had hen taken in hand, and of the interest shown in its progress by 31 r. 0. G. Thornton, d'strict engineer at Gisborne. than whom, it was stated, no one could have bom more helpful. It wars agreed by the East Coast , Airways' representatives than a pr<p| mature resumption of dying from Darton Field might, in a short nmol undo much, of the work accomplished in recent months, and t would be infinitely better to face a short loos of operating time this year than to risk a reiurn of the old eondit'ons. such as might eventuate if the ground were used before consolidai.cn of the surface is complete. Flight-Lieutenant Gibson also inspected the ana winch it is proposed to acquire to extend the aerodrome. It was pointed out that while the present facilities -at Barton Field fice for th; operation of The Dc HavpT land Bragon 'plants, with iher comparatively low landing speeds, any extension of schedules and routes calling for faster machines likewise would necessitate the use cf a larger ground. It is mainly with a view to providing facilities for fast trunk line machines the extension of Dari on l;ie!d is contemplated, the goal being the : establishment cm Gisborne -as a port of call on the trunk hue air service between Auckland and WeSl agiom, via the Bay of Plenty. Poverty Bay and Hawke's Bav.