FIRST FLIGHT
IN REGULAR TASMAN SERVICE AOTEAROA'S DEPARTURE FROM AUCKLAND. NINE PASSENGERS CARRIED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. Rising from the Waitemata before sunrise, the flying-boat Aotearoa today inaugurated the regular trans-Tasman commercial service, New Zealand's final link with Britain. Shortly before 6 o'clock the Minister of Aviation, Mi- F. Jones, cut the ribbon across the gangway and at 6.9. with a final wave from Captain Burgess, the Aotearoa was off. It circled the city, beneath a clear sky. and swept westward for Sydney. The plane is expected back on Thursday. Before the flying-boat's departure, brief speeches were made by Mr Jones. Sii' Harry Batterbee (British High Commissioner), Captain Johnston. Assistant Director of Aviation in Australia and Colonel Falla. Chairman of Directors of the Tasman Empire Airways. The Aotearoa carries a crew of six, and nine passcdigers. After the Aotearoa ceremony, Mr Jones left by air, accompanied by Sir Henry Batterbee and Colonel Falla.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 April 1940, Page 4
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