"Smithy's" Foresight
The fact that present-day plans for a trans-Tasman air service was foreseen ten years ago by the. late Sir Charles. Kingsford Smith is pointed out by Mr Beau Sheil, formerly a member of the pioneer s pilot's crew, "Sir Charle§ wag most emphatic in his view that land planes were the most suitabls type oi £irtraft for the eeofiomieai operas tioK oi Such a gefViggj and allied with MS proposals' wa§ the belief that tfte\irai?ic betweeri Australia and alort# justified a trans-Tasfftari service, qUitg apart from a thrown- Empire service from the United K&'gdom," said Mr Sheil. "Sir Charles proposed a thrice-weekly &£vic'e, to be extended to a daily each way when availability on'- aircraft and the traffic warranted the- extension," he added. '
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 60, 8 April 1946, Page 4
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125"Smithy's" Foresight Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 60, 8 April 1946, Page 4
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