FLIGHT OF ARIES MARRED BY WEATHER
—Press Association .
By Telegraph-
• . . AUOIvijArs Uy oepL. j Un-favourable weather on-. the. east ' coast- oi' the North Island, result-ed in ' a last niinute change of plans for the: round New Zealand flight today -by the visiting It.A.F. Lancaster aircraft Aries. . The flight was completed but the route had to be changed and some time was
lost in trying to' .go by th.e east coast routo before it was decided to make a fresh :start and fly down .the west coast. Airbomo from Whenuapai at S.52: o'clock ihe aircraft returnod te Auckland over an hour later and followed the Avest coast route to Wellington. It then c.rossed Cook .Strait and spent some time over Christchurch where niessages were broadcast in supporl of the campaign for food for Britain. The Aries got as far as Ashburton where it turnod north again to ensure a sufficient . margin of fuel for thc return flight to Auckland. As manv eities and towns as possiblc were ineluded in the rcvised itinerary. The Aries is to leave Whenuapai f'or Fiji on Wednesday inorniiig if the weather is suitabio. It will then ccon tinue to Wydnev and tliree weeks will lie spent in Australia before the return flight to Britain Is begun.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 September 1946, Page 2
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