HONOLULU CLIPPER

Grey River Argus, 1 August 1940, Page 8

HONOLULU CLIPPER

ARRIVAL IN N.Z. At 2.45 This Afternoon (Per Press Association] ■ AUCKLAND, July 31.

The final stage of the schedule o, the South Pacific flight of the PanAmerican Airways Honolulu Clipi-e? will be completed to-morrow, when the machine is expected to reacn Auckland from Noumea, New Caledonia, at about 2.45 p.m. Taking off from Canton Island at G. 30 a.m. (New Zealand time), the Clipper reached Noumea at 5.42 p.m. this afternoon. The Clipper is commander by Captain R. H. McGlohn, who was the first officer of the same flying-boat on her survey flight to New Zeala m last November. The first officer is

Captain Kenneth Beer, who Is making his first trip over the South Pacific route, and there are eight other members of the crew. There are seven passengers, comprising Messrs H. Anderson and H. Taylor, of the United States Civil Aeronautics Authority; Mr J. Caffrey, of the Wright Aeronautics Company;

Mr R. Beecher, Pacific Division engineer of the Pan-American Airwayr; Mr P. Delany, who is to be the traffic manager for the Pan-American Company at Auckland; Mr J. Yates, who has been transferred to Auckland as mechanic; and Mr J. Lindtng, a member of the company’s engineering staff at San Francisco. The flight, so far, has been uneventful, and a forecast prepared, in Auckland, suggested the continuation of favourable flying conditions, with a moderate beam wind, on the 1109mile journey from Noumea to Auckland. The Clipper will be serviced at the base on Friday, and will leave on the return flight on Saturday morning. The mails for the trip are closing at Auckland on Friday morning.