TEST FLIGHTS TO N.Z
Pan-American Airways Preparing
DATE NOT YET FIXED (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) HONOLULU, Dec. 9. An early start in Pan-American experimental flights to the Antipodes is indicated by the arrival ■ her? of the Niagara, which is taking a crew of Pan-American'Air-ways technical experts and equipment for installation at Suva and Auckland. The equipment includes a spare for each base and radio equipment. The Niagara unloaded 29 cases of equipment for transhipment at Kingman Reef and Fanning Island. The date of the first flight has not yet been fixed as the bases are not ready and obstacles at Kingman Reef must be overcome. Officials hope to start early in 1937.
Mr Harold Gatty, who is aboard 1 the Niagara, did not comment on his part in the project, which is the first technical move in the New Zealand air-line,
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 307, 11 December 1936, Page 6
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