WILL NOT RECOGNISE CAPT. MOODY’S MACHINE
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES FIRM TRANS-TASMAN FLIGHT By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyrge t. Reed. 11.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, To-day In pursuance of their intention to place before the Federal authorities their plans for the flight from Australia to New Zealand, Captain P. Moody and Mr. Osmond Jolley interviewed Colonel H. C. Binsmead, Controller of Civil Aviation, who later made a statement that the attitude of the Ministry towards the proposed flight had already been clearly expressed. “I have indicated to Captain Moody and Mr. Jolley that no departmental facilities trill be placed at the disposal of any person who proposes to organise a long oversea flight In an airplane designed specifically for land flying.” “Knowing that the particular machine which Captain Moody and Mr. Jolley propose to use is intended for this purpose, the authorities will not recognise it in any manner whatsoever. The use of Government airdromes for the proposed flight will be refused.”—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 260, 24 January 1928, Page 9
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