FLIGHT TO NEW ZEALAND
MASE READY TO START 20 STAGES PLANNED Elec.Tel. Conyriebt—United Press Assd (United Service.i (Received April 16, noon.) LONDON, April 15. Tho New Zealander, Mr. Frank Mase, has completed test flights with the Spartan plane in which he proposes to flv to Australia and New Zealand. He w.ill flv the machine to Lympne on Friday where he will await favorable weather before the start. He hopes to leave two or three days thereafter. He will carry a spare propeller, and will change his spark plugs daily. The route embraces the following stopping places: Rome, Malta, Benghazi, Cairo, Bagdad, Bushire, Karachi, Allahabad, Calcutta, Rangoon, Victoria Point, Batavia, Sourabaya, Buna, Darwin, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, and Christchurch.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16927, 16 April 1929, Page 7
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117FLIGHT TO NEW ZEALAND Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16927, 16 April 1929, Page 7
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