PILOT RESIGNS
CAPTAIN OSCAR GARDEN NOTABLE FLYING CAREER Special to the Daily Times AUCKLAND, Mar, 20. The chief pilot and operations manager of Tasman Empire Airways, Captain Oscar Garden, has resigned from his position. Captain Garden said yesterday that he had not decided his future plans yet and did not know whether he would continue his aviation career. A well-known personality in New Zealand aviation, Captain Garden first came into prominence when he made a brilliant solo flight of 18 days from
England to Australia in 1930. After a visit to the Dominion, he returned to England and in 1932 attempted to break the Capetown to London record. He was forced down in Africa by engine trouble and the attempt was abandoned. He then entered the employ of British Airways as a pilot and flew on its European routes for three and a-half years. He joined Imperial Airways in 1938 and transferred to Tasman Empire Airways when the Auckland-Sydney service commenced. Captain Garden was appointed chief pilot of Tasman Empire Airways in 1943 and became the company’s operations manager last year.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26416, 21 March 1947, Page 6
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181PILOT RESIGNS Otago Daily Times, Issue 26416, 21 March 1947, Page 6
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