FLYING TO NW ZEALAND IN BABY PLANE
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Received I . uesdav, 1(1.4(1 p.m. BRlSBAX ]•], Oet. 7. "What's all the fussf There is aotliiag unusuai in t'iiis." said the Xew Xealaml llier, Mr. B. 11. Newton, wliea 1." • 1 epped from a baby piane today after a l(i-day flight from Belgium. The plaae is smgle engined witli a wiagspaji of about 30 feet, lengtli of 20 i.nd heiglit of less than >. lts 73 horsepower ongine gives it a cruising speed of 110 to 120 aiiles an liour. On the fiight oue sparkplug eraeked and is iiow Jield together witli adhesive tape. Mr. Xewton is a former fiigli lieaieaaat of the li.X.Z.A.F. and lie inlends to leave tomorrow on liis long e hoj) of 1 100 niile.s aeross the Tasman. He says Ihe. plaae lias a rangv of 1700 miles. Mr. Xewton eould not gei a sea passage so worked in a Bel gimn air-raft works so that lie eould buy the plaae 1o flv home.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 October 1947, Page 5
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