THE REASON WHY
TASMAN AIR FLIGHT FAILURE AUCKLAND. March 27. Tlic r casein -why the projected flight across the Tasman se« IGuii Australia in Hie specially designed Codock monopane did not Like place •after many months of p r, “ pa rat Mu was gU<*:i by Squad ronLeader White, formerly chief pilot y,f New Zealand Airways. 1 linai'u, upon bis arrival from Sydney by the Waiiganelbi.
-Continued .iiffilne trouble was experienced.” he said, -making fie (light an impossibility. For the first 350 engine hours at tiro time would the motors function perfectly for more than six and a quarter hours at a stretch.” Asked his opinion about a service across the Tasman. Squadron Leader \Ynitc said that from what he could learn a service "Amid l.e in opera: tkn by 1937, with large Hying boats in use.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 March 1935, Page 2
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