TIGER MOTH’S RAPID TRIP
PA GISBORNE, Sept. 27. Blown like a chip before a stiff north breeze, a Tiger Moth aircraft carrying two Auckland Aero Club members, Messrs T. D. Faithful and N. S McQuilkin, made what is claimed to be a record journey to Gisborne yesterday. From take-off to touchdown the flight occupied lhr.4omin, the average speed being close to 140 m.p.h. for the 239-mile journey.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27197, 28 September 1949, Page 4
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