AIR SERVICE OPENING
LINK WITH DUNEDIN FIRST FLIGHT TO-DAY [hy telegraph—press association] CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday The air service between Palmerston North and Dunediu will, be inaugurated by Union Airways, Limited, to-morrow. In connection with the opening a broadcast of a type completely new to the Dominion tvill be carried out from the cabin of the airliner making the I flight. A commentator in the machine will describe its progress at frequent intervals. Speeches before the machine leaves will be broadcast from the ground. One of the two wireless transmitters with which each of the machines is fitted will be used and signals will bo picked ] up by the Broadcasting Board's engineers and relayed through station 2YA, and, if conditions permit, through other national stations.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22317, 15 January 1936, Page 10
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123AIR SERVICE OPENING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22317, 15 January 1936, Page 10
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