CARGO BY AIR ACROSS COOK STRAIT
WELLINGTON, July 33 Air freight history was made in New Zealand today when the Bristol aero plane Merchant Yenturer completed 12 trips aeross Oook Btrait and carried 48,0001bs of cargo between 7.5 a.m. and 3.40 p.m. The flying time added up 1 1, six hours for six returu crossingy between Paraparaumu and Woodbourut and the average time to turn the air ■■".raft round, to load and unload it, wa? 10 minutes. This means that 40001bs of freight was taken olf and the samc weight put on inside 10 minutes. Interested experts" were shown thal if the aeroplane had been f'ull of cargo the Merchant Venturer, which is cap able of carrying at least 10,000 lb? of cargo across Cook Strait, 120,00011^ in all, or 534 tons, would have been shifted comfortably today. As well as 48,0001bs, or 21 tons of cargo, the Merchant Venturer. transported 192 passengers in its 16-seat compartment The freighter will leave tomorrow morning for Christchurch where it wih take part in a pageant organised by th; Canterbury Aero Club.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 August 1947, Page 5
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