CENTENARY AIR RACE
Sir,—lt seems to me a strange thing that people who write to the paper so often have to inject an unpleasant note into their contributions. The letter by S. M. Rhodes published on Tuesday last said that if I was really a pilot I would have known that Mr. F. Stewart did not have any qualifications for running the Tainui. May I merely point out that I never said that Mr. Stewart was a pilot. He was wireless operator on the trip, and both Messrs. Hewitt and Kay acknowledge the great value of his work. My whole point is that it was the combination of navigation, piloting and radio contact that made the success of this flight. Had the Tainui met with disaster, three wreaths would have been forthcoming for three pioneers of equal sacrifice. Why not an equal reward in the case of success? A Pilot.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22084, 13 April 1935, Page 17
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CENTENARY AIR RACE
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22084, 13 April 1935, Page 17
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