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AMERICA TO NEW ZEALAND FIRST FLIGHT ON JULY 12 NO PASSENGERS CARRIED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received July 3. 3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 2 Pan-American Airways will carry no passengers to New Zealand on the first two trips. The commander on the flight on July 12 will be Captain John H. Tilton, and the first officer Captain R. J. Nixon. Both participated in the surveys. Already 100,000 first-flight covers are waiting at San Francisco, and 25,000 more are expected before closing time on July 10. There is uncertainty as to whether the machine will carry direct Australian mail. The Post Office announces that it is not carrying it, but Pan-American Airways announces that it is carrying it at sixty cents a half-ounce, compared with fifty cents to New Zealand. Mr H. Gatty will accompany the first flight. <-
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 8
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