AERO COMPANY FORMED.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 230, 28 September 1928, Page 8

AERO COMPANY FORMED.

KING COUNTRY PROJECT.

MOTH 'PLANE ORDERED.

AERODROME AT RACECOURSE. (By Telegranh.—Pre-« Association.) TAUMARUNUI, this day. For some months a number of Taumarunui citizens have been working to form a company to promote aviation in the district. The necessary capital has been fully subscribed locally, and the use of the*racecourse as an aerodrome, has been granted free of charge for two and a half years.

A moth aeroplane of the latest type has been ordered through Mr. F. Douglas Mill, the de Havilland agent.

Subject to Major T. M. Wilkes, Director of Aviation, passing the racecourse ground as suitable, provision will be made for the erection of one or more hangars, which it is considered could be improved to accommodate larger machines should the necessity arise.

The Taumarunui project was finalised before the Southern Cross airmen left Sydney, and for some weeks the company has been waiting the passing of the ground, which has been delayed owing to the Southern Cross flight and the arrival of Sir John Salmond. The company has in view an early survey of possible landing grounds in the King Country, particularly in the National Park and Lake Taupo area. A qualified pilot of considerable war experience is available locally, and there are also two qualified mechanics.