AGAIN POSTPONED
TRANS-TASMAN FLIGHT DELAYED BY OVERHAUL (Received Nov. 27, II a.m.)- - SYDNEY, Nov. 27. Air. Charles Ulm is not taking oil' on his Tasman flight before to-morrow morning at the earliest.. Although the .latest weather reports are favorable, many details in the overhaul of his’ plane have caused delay. Ngw Plymouth airport officials' are basing their plans on the belief that Mr. Ulm will begin his trans-Tasman. ..flight from Sydney for New Plymouth about 2 o’clock to-morrow morning and will arrive at New Plymouth that afternoon. The Faith in Australia will carry 750 gallons of petrol, which is considered to give ample reserve. Mr. Ulm says he expects to complete the crossing 'in 12 to 15 hours. The personnel of the party will be Air. Ulm (chief pilot), Spotty Allen (co-pilot), R. B. Boulton (wifeless operator), Airs. Ulm, and Aliss Kathleen Rogers, ,Mr. Ulm’s. secretary. A short-wave message from'Sydney to New Plymouth aerodrome last night stated that the weather there was boisterous, and that Air. Ulm has postponed his start till i a.in. on Tuesday.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18256, 27 November 1933, Page 5
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