AIR LINER CHARTERED
WORKERS ON ISLAND 1 GREAT BARRIER TO CITY VISIT MADE FOR CHRISTMAS A Union Airways Lockheed machine was chartered yesterday by eight Public Works Department employees on Great Barrier Island to fly them to Auckland for Christmas. The journey, whfch by steamer takes six and a-half hours, was completed in 25 minutes. The machine, piloted by Commander G. R, White, with Mr. A. N. Patter, son as co-pilot, left Mangcre aerodrome at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. There were two women passengers, who are to spend a holiday on the island. The machine landed at 3.30 on tha new aerodrome, no difficulty being experienced. The distance to the island by air is about 60 miles. The return journey was accomplished in even faster time than the outward. With the eight Public Works Department employees, a woman and a boy as passengers, the machine left the island at 3.50 and reached Mangere at 4.15.
"The men are engaged in the construction of the aerodrome and road* on the island, and have not visited Auckland for some months.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23227, 22 December 1938, Page 10
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