PLANE CHARTERED
FLIGHT BY PUBLIC WORKS MEN VISIT TO AUCKLAND U-iien PriM A asocial Mnl AUCKLAND, 21st December. A l uion Airways Lockheed machine was chartered to-day by eight Public Works Department employees on Great Barrier Island to fly them to Auckland fo.- Christmas. The journey, which by steamer takes six hours and a half, was completed in 25 minutes. The machine, piloted by Commander White, with Mr A. N. Patterson as copilot, left Mangere Aerodrome at three o’clock in the afternoon. There were two women passengers who are to spend a holiday on the island. The machine landeJ at 3.30 on the new aerodrome, no difficulty being experienced. The distance to the island by air is about 60 miles. The return journey was accomplished In even faster time than the outward. With eight Public Works Department employees, a woman, and a boy as passengers, the machine left the island at 3.50 p.m., and reached Mangere at 4.15. The men are engaged in the construction of an aerodrome and roads on the island, and had not visited Auckland for some months.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 22 December 1938, Page 9
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181PLANE CHARTERED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 22 December 1938, Page 9
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