ANTARCTIC MAIL
Aircraft flies south today Americans and New Zealanders will get their first mail from home in five months today when, weather permitting, a Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion drops nine bags of it on to an illuminated “drop zone” at Williams Field, near McMurdo Station. The aircraft, piloted by Flight Lieutenant D. W. Paulson, left Christchurch Airport yesterday afternoon for Dunedin with 11001 b of highpriority personal mail, of which about 1201 b is for the 11 New Zealanders at Scott Base. The aircraft, after remaining overnight at Dunedin, will leave at 7 a.m. today for the six-hour flight to McMurdo Station. The mail bags will be dropped as the Orion makes three low sweeps over the drop area. The weather at McMurdo Station yesterday was good. The aircraft is due back at Dunedin this evening.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33606, 7 August 1974, Page 14
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