Auster Aircraft For Fire Spotting
ROTORUA. Wed. (Sp.)—'The first of the Auster cabin aircraft which have been imported by the Government for forest fire protection work is expected to join the Rotorua fire patrol detachment this week. The Auster will provide the State Forest Service with a much more commodious machine for aerial fire spotting than the open Tiger Moth now in use. and its range will greatly increase the distance the patrol will be able to cover. A high-wing monoplane, the Auster will accommodate Uvo passengers and the pilot. It will replace one of the three aircraft. two Tiger Moths and a Fox Moth, now stationed at Rotorua for, fire patrolling.
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Northern Advocate, 7 January 1948, Page 2
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112Auster Aircraft For Fire Spotting Northern Advocate, 7 January 1948, Page 2
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