N.Z. Record Made.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 934, 2 December 1933, Page 10

N.Z. Record Made.

Fine Flight.

North Cape to Bluff in

16 Hours .

Per Press Association. INV ERCARGILL, December 1. A N aviation record for New Zealand was

established to-day by Mr E. F. Harvie, of Auckland, a member of the Western Federated Hying Club, who was accompanied by Miss Trevor Hunter, of Wanganui, on a flight from North Cape to Bluff in a Gipsy Moth aeroplane. The distance covered on the flight totalled 1168 miles, and the actual flying time was 16hrs lOmin.

Mr Harvie, who arrived here at 7.57 p.m. left Kaitaia at two o'clock this morning for North Cape, and after circling over the lighthouse, headed south on his long flight. Stops were made north of Auckland, at Auckland, Hawera, Wellington, Kaikoura, Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill.

Conditions generally were good throughout the flight, but the flyers found it much colder coming down the South Island. The flight was the longest yet made in New Zealand in a day, the previous best being the journey by Squadron-Leader M’Gregor from Invercargill to Auckland on November 12, 1931.

Mr Harvie said that the success of the flight was mainly due to the machine and ground organisation. He commented on the celerity with which he was attended to at the different landing grounds. The pair were very tired on their arrival here, but were delighted with their outstanding achievement, which for Mr Harvie was the realisation of a long cherished ambition.