TASMAN FLIGHT.
Per Press Ascociation. WELLINGTON, March 10. A trans-Tasman flight with Auckland as its objective may be undertaken after the official opening of the Sydney harbour bridge on Saturday, March 19. The primary aim is the delivering of motion picture films of the ceremony for exhibition in New Zealand cities on the Monday afternoon. J
Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith, who crossed the Tasman to Christ&osshin m iq9S o monoplane Southern Cross in 1928, may again be the pilot.
Kingsford Smith’s flight to land in tho Southern ? ber, 1928, occupied 14 hours P T‘ Sock burn 1 Unttl the Ending at over Wellington 6 jSsHa Tlf churi Uit The’diktat, th6Q mad ? for Christmade'Vg 22 a on[y\^ d sPJ e ±°^ cteVrul? formX'rofPtr^il 11 ® Cross class. Since thim a- r- Sout lcrn at Hobsonvillo AueWand b T yelopod for larger machines n de : m use in New Zealand than “ y yet Menziee, who flew solo ’ , by Mr Gu >' plane, the Southern Cw tw ;°- B ? ater bl ' Menzies landed on™he West oT ,* Ir 12 hours in the ai? West Coa6t a£ter
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 86, 11 March 1932, Page 6
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177TASMAN FLIGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 86, 11 March 1932, Page 6
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