Minister Will See R.N.Z.A.F. Base From Air
FLIGHT IN AOTEAROA Per Press Association. * / AUCKLAND, Nov. 23. Tho Minister of Defence (Hon. F. Jones) will have his first flight in the Tasman Empire Airways flyingboat Aotearoa to-morrow morning. In the course of a routine training flight the Aotearoa under Captain Burgess will give the Minister au opportunity of seeing tho Royal New Zealand Air Force base at Hobsonville and the new station under construction at Whcnuapai from the air.
Accompanied by his secretary (Mr. F. M. Sherwood) and Flight-Lieutenant Buckeridge of the Civil Aviation Department, Mr. Jones will embark on the Aotearoa at the Tasman Empire Airways base at nine o’clock. The machine will be flown to Hobsonville and after circling to enable tho Minister to examine both stations from the air it will alight on the upper harbour near the Hobsonville jetty. The Minister and his party will then go ashoro to make a more detailed inspection.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 278, 24 November 1939, Page 7
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157Minister Will See R.N.Z.A.F. Base From Air Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 278, 24 November 1939, Page 7
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