PACIFIC BOMBER FERRY
WORLD’S LONGEST SERVICE (Special Correspondent—N.Z.P.A.) Sydney, Sept. 26. “This is the world’s longest ferry service,” said an American ferry pilot, discussing the ferrying of bombers from the United States to the Southwest Pacific. It was claimed that the service is equal to a triple Atlantic crossing, and a lack of hopping stones made the job an exacting one. “You can imagine the great navigational skill demanded to make a landing on the tiny islands which serve as intermediate refuelling stops,” said one pilot. “After you have been in the air for some 18 hours it is no mean feat to pick up some microscopic island in the vast expanse of the ocean. However, the unpredicted'weather remains our worst enemy.”
Flying times have been lowered and (he hops extended as the service has developed. Much of the flying is done at night, which manv of the pilots prefer, since it gives a better engine performance. Violent electric storms and torrential rains provide the main hazards.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 228, 28 September 1942, Page 3
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