REPAIRS TO DAMAGED AIR LINER
(United Press Association)
NEW PLYMOUTH, August 15.
The Union Airways air liner Kahu, which was damaged when landing at the New Plymouth airport on July 23, was flown to Palmerston North this afternoon, the temporary repairs made after the accident having been approved by the Government aircraft inspector, Mr A. P. Hunt. Since the mishap, two of the company’s engineers have been working on the aeroplane, temporary repairs to the damaged landing gear having been the chief aspect, in addition to certain strengthening work. Both metal airscrews to the twinengined aeroplane were replaced. The damaged airscrews, the tips of which were bent, have been sent to the Lockheed Corporation factory at Burbank, California.
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Southland Times, Issue 23897, 16 August 1939, Page 12
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