UNION AIRWAYS
DE HAVILLAND PLANES PURCHASED. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, July 22. An announcement was made to-day on behalf of Union Airways of the
purchase of three four-engined de Havilland express air liners for the mail and passenger service between Palmerston North, Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin, which it is expected to commence in December. The DHB6 has accommodation for 10 to 14 passengers, in addition to a crew of two pilots, and with baggage and mail space of 590 cubic feet. She will be powered by four 200 h.p. Gipsy sixes and will be able to maintain height on any two engines. It will have ample range for any New Zealand requirements and is provided with complete navigational equipment. Delivery of the first two machines is to be given in September and of the third in October.
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Southland Times, Issue 25343, 23 July 1935, Page 7
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138UNION AIRWAYS Southland Times, Issue 25343, 23 July 1935, Page 7
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