TASMAN AIR SERVICE
TWO LAUNCHES FOR BASE By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, June 3. Two launches ordered from England for use at Auckland for the transTasman air service are aboard the Empire Star, which L due from London on June 12. The two craft, a 37ft 6in control tender and a 23ft auxiliary launch, were built by the British Power Boat Company, Hythe, England, to the design of Mr Herbert Scott-Paine, the noted designer. The larger launch is intended for the transport of passengers using the Tasman aircraft. It is operated by a crew of two and has Interior accommodation comparable with that of firstclass carriages on English trains. The boat can turn through 180 degrees in its own length and two engines, each of 100h.p., give a guaranteed speed of 24 knots. Automatic self-bailing devices are fitted. The smaller launch is described as a general purpose craft for the fast transport of air-base maintenance personnel and their working gear and equipment and for light towing. As many as sixteen men can be carried at speed. The guaranteed speed is 18 knots and the actual speed is up to 25 knots. Special aircraft towing-gear is fitted.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21363, 5 June 1939, Page 11
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195TASMAN AIR SERVICE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21363, 5 June 1939, Page 11
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