LONE FLYER
NEW ZEALANDER’S VENTURE.
FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND.
London, April 15,
The New Zealander, Mr 11. F. Mase, has completed his test flights with the Spartan plane in which he proposes to fly to Australia and New Zealand. He will fly the machine to Lyrnpne on April 19, where he will await favourable weather before his start. He hopes to leave two or three days thereafter and will carry’ a spare propeller. He will change the spark plugs daily.
The route embraces the following stopping places—Rome, Malta, Benghazi, Cairo, Baghdad, Basra, Bushire, Karachi, Allahabad, Calcutta, Rangoon, Victoria Point, Batavia, Sourabaya. Bima, Darwin, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and Christchurch. —United Service.
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Southland Times, Issue 20661, 17 April 1929, Page 5
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