ADVERSE REPORT

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20590, 30 August 1938, Page 8

ADVERSE REPORT

TASMAN AIR SERVICE WELLINGTON AS TERMINAL RISKY WEATHER CONDITIONS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Tuesday The opinion that at present It would be unwise to attempt the regular operation of flying boats from Wellington Harbour Is expressed by the committee set up by th& Government to investigate the possibilities of Wellington as a terminal for the transTasman air mail service. The report of the committee, released by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, for publication today, states that examination of meteorological conditions in Wellington Harbour shows that the strength of the wind frequently exceeds that regarded as a safe maximum. Moreover, the only area in which flying boats could be moored is liable to exceptional gustiness and turbulence in northerly winds. The committee, of which Mr J. Wood, Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department, is chairman, is of the opinion that there are many days in the year when flying boats would be unable to move from their moorings while in strong, northerly gales flying boats lying in Evan’s Bay would do so under conditions of considerable risk. At the same time the committee wishes to draw attention to the rapid development of marine aircraft and expresses the view that the time may not be far distant when they may be able to operate under weather conditions such as are met with in Wellington Harbour.