NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN
HEWETT TASMAN FLIGHT. ESTIMATE OF NINE HOURS.
McGREGOR N.Z. TOUR,
(Received 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day,
Squadron-Leader Hewett and Fly-ing-Officer Kay expect to make the Tasman crossing in nine hours, landing at Auckland. Squadron-Leader M. C. McGregor and Mr H. C. Walker will sail with their plane aboard the Monowai for New Zealand today and intend'making an aerial tour of the Dominion. On their way to Sydney, Hewett and Kay passed through a blinding dust storm, which they described as worse than anything they encountered in the air race.
It is expected that the Tasman flight will be undertaken from Richmond Aerodrome between 5 and 6 a.m. The aeroplane is painted a brilliant orange, with the engine cowlings black and orange. ADDITIONAL FUEL EARLY MORNING START (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Squadron-Leader Hewitt says that in the air race the range of their plane was 1400 miles. They are making provision for additional, petrol storage, so that the range, while crossing the Tasman, will be at least 1600 miles.
The machine will be equipped with wireless, enabling the airmen to be in touch with either Australia or New Zealand all the way. They expect the overhaul of the machine to be completed on Monday, and intend leaving Richmond early in the morning, enabling a daylight landing at Auckland.
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Northern Advocate, 9 November 1934, Page 5
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