THE CLIPPER’S FIRST FLIGHT
PREVIOUS OIL TROUBLE The clipper had oil trouble on its first flight to New Zealand in March 1937. The first stage was from San Francisco to Honolulu. The last third of the way was flown on three engines. In fact, the clipper skimmed on to the water of Pearl Harbour on two engines instead of the usual four, and the pilot, Captain Musick, revealed later that one motor had failed because of a leak in the oil system. On the following Monday morning, after a rest at Honolulu of two days and a half, the clipper took off for Kingman Reef, the second stoppingplace. There was only a brief stay there, and on March 25 the plane set out for Pago Pago, the clipper being guided almost solely by radio directionfinder. The clipper was compelled to wait at Pago Pago and after a northerly storm cleared, the flight over the last lap to Auckland was made. The clipper arrived at Auckland on March 30, after three years’ preparations.
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Southland Times, Issue 23407, 14 January 1938, Page 7
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