AERIAL MAILS
TRIAL SERVICE INAUGURATED.
(Per United Press Association.) . TTMARU, January "31- = A trial oi the aerial Timaru-ChristchuMit mail service was inaugurated to-day.- / ,An-• i Avro plane accomplished the ioumeysin ' l Ihr 40min. arriving at 9.40, stopping-' at ; Ashburton' to drop and pick up-' »■-!•nig. ’ An altitude of 500 to 1000 ft was main- : tained. There was a strong head wind, - with clear weather after Ashburton. ,Over. 200 . letters and a bundle of newspapers ; were carried- The plane left on the Return to Christchurch at noon. ' -
RETURN FROM TIMARU. '
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE TIME.. -
CHRISTCHURCH, January 31;-r The Avro machine employed in the aerial mail serviee_ returned from Timara-*t 1.27 p.m., 13 minutes ahead of schedule time. The actual flying time was 65 minutes! The - machine brought 115 letters from Timaru, and 71 from Ashburton.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18158, 1 February 1921, Page 5
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134AERIAL MAILS Otago Daily Times, Issue 18158, 1 February 1921, Page 5
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