BASE FOR AIRCRAFT.
HOBSONVILLE'S ADVANTAGES PROVISION FOR SEAPLANES. MINISTER RECOGNISES VALUE. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRKSrOKDKVT.J WELLINGTON*. Thursday. "There is only one aerodrome in the real sense of the word in New Zealand—, that at Hobsonville," said the Minister o| Defence, Hon. T. M. Wilford, to a depu. tation of flying enthusiasts at Lower Huit yesterday. The Hobsonville aerodrome was the only one in the Dominion that could handle flying boats, said Mr. Wilford. Wigram was only a landing place, and the Wellington City Council's grounds could not satisfactorily take a flying boat. The aerodrome at Hobsonville was right on the water's edge, and it was very complete. It had cost the Government a large sum of money, but the Government realised that provision must be made for seaplanes. None of the proposed landing places that had been placed before hin* had contained provision for a slipway.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20199, 8 March 1929, Page 10
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