CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS
—'.■''■■..■ ''■•' *,.' ■- ■■'■' ' ■':'' IMPERIAL -AIRWAYS TO CO-OPERATE (From Our Own Correspondent) LONDON, July 27. Imperial Airways will participate in the New Zealand- Centennial Exhibition. At the request of the;'New Zealand Government the company. will provide exhibits, /for the aviation section. ' - ' '"■ '..'-• ."■"•' - '■'': '■• Models of Aotearoa (first .of .the flying boats for the Sydney-Auckland service) and Frobisher (fastest airliner in Europe) are being built on a scale, of Jin to Ift. A plaster map. showing Britain's world air network- 'will be bpilt into the wall of the section as a permanent part of the exhibition. Large photographs of the "latest types of British aircraft will also be shown Imperial Airways will co-operate also with Union Airways of New Zealand in an exhibit featuring New Zealand and Australian airlines, including Qantas Empire Airways and s Tasman Empire Airways. ..y [■!'*: <.- : v,■■.>>.■' •'•lt-Vis expected that the Tasrhartt'Service will be/in operationjjj beforei Ahe -' Exhibition opens.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23895, 24 August 1939, Page 5
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