LATEST PIEWS BRITAIN-NEW ZEALAND.
PROPOSED FLIGHT. TEST OF MACHINE COMPLETED. MR MASE’S PROPOSAL. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright./ (Australian Press Association.) (Received April 16, 10 a.rn.) LONDON, April 15. The New Zealander, Mr Mase, has completed test flights with the Spartan plane in which he proposes to fly to Australia and New Zealand. He will fly the machine to Lympne on April 19, and will await favourable weather before starting again. He hopes to leave two or three days thereafter. He will carry a spare propellor and will change the spark plugs daily. The route embraces the following stopping-places: Rome, Malta, Benghazi, Cairo, Baghdad, Basra, Bushire, Karachi, Allahabad, Calcutta, Rangoon, Victoria Point, Batavia, Sourabaya, Bima, Darwin, Sydney. Melbourne, Hobart and Christchurch.
Mr Mase Is a member of the Auckland Aero Club. He was injured recently in a crash in England, but made a good recovery. It was then announced that he intended to make a flight from Britain to Australia.
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17687, 16 April 1929, Page 7
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