A SUCCESSFUL AEROPLANE FLIGHT.
BLENHEIM Sep. 12. Avro 110, fitted with a'Lerhone engine, on her maiden trip left Sockburn aerodrome at 7.27 o'clock this morning, and arrived at Blenheim aerodrome athlo.4o. She fcft for Wellington after half an hour's stay. The pilot is Captain Douglas Gray; the mechanic Mr J. E. Cruse: and the observer Mr H. J. Wilson. It was a good trip, and ideal weather conditions were experienced. The passage was uneventful, the average altitude being 5000 feet. The consumption of petrol was extremely low, only ten gallons being used. A stop was made at the Elms, Kaikoura, for breakfast and fuel supply.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 12 September 1921, Page 7
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105A SUCCESSFUL AEROPLANE FLIGHT. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 12 September 1921, Page 7
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