PACIFIC AIR SERVICE
AMERICAN PREPARATIONS f Per PrcuK Anaoclatlon. 1 AUCKLAND, Oct. 27. Indications that Pan-American Airways are expediting preparations for the inauguration of a service between San Francisco and Auckland were given by passengers who arrived by the Niagara. Mr D. M. Chapman, a Honolulu business man, said that experimental flights would be made towards the end of next year. Bases were being prepared at Jarvis Island and Howland Island, in the Phoenix Group, and meteorological data were being gathered. Wing-Commander Hepburn, director of works and buildings, Royal Australian Air Force, who is returning from an extensive tour, said that he had heard nothing definite about the company’s plans, but on visiting their works he was impressed by the fact that they paid every attention tc detail.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19361028.2.72
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 255, 28 October 1936, Page 7
Word Count
128PACIFIC AIR SERVICE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 255, 28 October 1936, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in