LIGHT PLANE FLIGHTS.
OAMARU TO DUNEDIN.
QUICK JOURNEY IN MOTH.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Wednesday.
The Auckland airman, Mr. Douglas Mill, accompanied by Mr. Frank Milner, rector of the Waitaki Boys' High School, arrived at Danedin this morning in his Moth aeroplane. He made the trip from Waitaki school to Wingatui in fifty-five minutes. He intends to go to Invercargill to-morrow morning if the weather permits, and will return to Dunedin in the afternoon.
Mr. Mill said the cost of the trip from Christ-church to Dunedin, carrying a passenger, was 28s, which was far cheaper than tho train fare.
TRIP FROM BLENHEIM.
MACHINE BEACHES WELLINGTON,
[ill' TELEGRAPH.—'PRESS ASSOCIATION".] WELLINGTON. Wednesday.
The Avro-Avian aeroplane, which was assembled at Christchurch recently, aVrived at Wellington from Blenheim at 11-1.15 p.m. to-day. The machine made a good landing at Lyall Bay.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20080, 18 October 1928, Page 12
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