SURVEY FLIGHTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23896, 25 August 1939, Page 10

SURVEY FLIGHTS

PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS CUPPER LANDS AT HONOLULU (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Aug. 24. After a night flight of 16hr 50min from San Francisco the Pan-Ameri-can Airways’ California Clipper landed at Honolulu at 4.50 a.m. to-day. New Zealand time. The tentative schedule for the survey flight to New Zealand provides for a full day’s lay-over at Honolulu, and it was expected that the Boeing machine would leave for the newly established base at Canton Island at 3.30 a.m. to-morrow, New Zealand time. As the Clipper’s maiden flight across the Pacific is essentially a survey of the new route via Canton Island and Noumea, the schedule announced by the company is regarded only as tentative. The weather conditions and any desire of the Government and the Pan-American observers on board to make longer stays at the new bases may result in a later arrival at Auckland. If. however, the plans are maintained the crossing from Noumea to Auckland should be undertaken next Tuesday. EMPIRE FLYING BOATS AUCKLAND TO SUVA (From Our Parliamentary Reporter' WELLINGTON, Aug. 24. It is intended to carry out an air survey of the route betwen Auckland and Suva early in September This announcement was made to-day by tne Minister in charge of Civil Aviation (Mr F. Jones), who said that the first of two proposed flights to Suva would be undertaken bv the modified Empire flying boat Aotearoa betwen September 7 and September 10. “ This will be the first of two survey flights to Fiji,” the Minister Said. “ and of course there will also be a number of survey flights to Sydney from Auckland. The flights to Suva will have the effect not only of providing information about the route itself, but will also enable valuable data to be obtained concerning the landing of flying boats at Suva.”