AIR ROUTE TO NEW ZEALAND. — The three 24-ton flying-boats which arc to extend the Southampton-Singapore-Sydncy air trunk route to New Źealand were recently completed in the workshops of Short Rrothers at Rochester, England. The pictures give an interesting illustration of the method of building these giant aircraft. The tailless aircraft in the centre is the flying-boat Australia, above which can be seen the tail-fin and rudder of the Aotearoa, the first of the feel to be completed, and almost ready to more to the slipway above the River Medway for its flying-trials. The Awarua. had been completed when the photograph was taken.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21380, 24 June 1939, Page 18
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102AIR ROUTE TO NEW ZEALAND.—The three 24-ton flying-boats which arc to extend the Southampton-Singapore-Sydncy air trunk route to New Źealand were recently completed in the workshops of Short Rrothers at Rochester, England. The pictures give an interesting illustration of the method of building these giant aircraft. The tailless aircraft in the centre is the flying-boat Australia, above which can be seen the tail-fin and rudder of the Aotearoa, the first of the feel to be completed, and almost ready to more to the slipway above the River Medway for its flying-trials. The Awarua. had been completed when the photograph was taken. Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21380, 24 June 1939, Page 18
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