FLYING THE PACIFIC
PRELIMINARY FLIGHTS SOON. CREW STANDING BY. PERMISSION FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT. Pan American Airways is ready to start preliminary flights in the near future, according to advice received from his principals in the United States by Mr. Harold Gatty, special representative of the company, who is visiting Wellington. The Boeing flying-boat built for the service, the South Seas Clipper, together with her crew, is standing by at San Francisco, and flights over the South Pacific route, will begin as soon as formal approval has been given by the United States Government.
' "Using tthe Boeing flying-boat, a fortnightly service is contemplated," Mr. Gatty said on Monday. "The distance to be covered is 7952 miles, and the schedule provides for the journey to occupy 49 flying hours. ' "The service will be operated from San Francisco by way of Los Angeles, Honolulu, Canton Island and New Caledonia to Auckland," he continued. "This new' route has been made possible as a result of the long carrying capacity of the new Boeings. "The machines are capable of carrying up to 30 passengers," Mr. Gatty added, "together with their luggage and two and a half tons of mail and freight over the longest stages of the new trans-ocean route.'
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4818, 2 August 1939, Page 6
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