A NEW AEROPLANE.
post-war DESIGN ■ j ARRIVAL AT LYTTELTQN. j Let telegraph.—own cOreespondest. j CHRISTCpURCri, . Thursday. J What is believed to be the first aeroplane of post-war design to coma to New .1 Zealand, a D.H. 50, cabin biplane, with a 250 h.p. Siddeley-Puma engine, has arrived at Lyttelton. ft is to ha transferred to the Wigrairi aerodromo tomorrow. • ; Tha aeroplane was ordered ..by.'the' New Zealand Government, and is to be used for aerial survey work. The camera is mounted in the floor of the cabin, where | the operator has am pie space to work. When not used for photography tho machine will carry fou;r passengers. Before shipment the machine was inspected by Captain L. M. Isitt, of the Royal Air Force, who is in England studying aviation matters on behalf of the New' Zealand .Government, "r
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19601, 1 April 1927, Page 10
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137A NEW AEROPLANE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19601, 1 April 1927, Page 10
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