AVIATION
FLIGHT TO STEWART ISLAND.
Bv Telegraph—Press Association.
Invercargill, January 13.
The most’ southerly aeroplane flight in the world was made to-day, when a De Haviland machine from Timaru made a surprise visit to Stewart Island, making a delivery of the "Southland Times,” and selecting a site suitable for a future landing place. The first aeroplane seen in the island caused considerable excitement. The machine left: for Dunedin at 4.45 o’clock with two passengers.
RETURN TO DUNEDIN. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, January 13
The New Zealand Aero Transport Company’s De Haviland machine, which made a flight from Invercargill to Stewart Island and 'back this morning, returned to Dunedin this evening, landing at 5.30 o’clock, after a fast flight of 65 minutes. The aeroplane was piloted by Captain Buckley, and carried three passengers. The pilot followed a new route direct to Clinton, and thence direct to Mosgiel, reducing the air line distance to 110 miles. The flight was further assisted bv a light following wind.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 94, 14 January 1921, Page 5
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164AVIATION Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 94, 14 January 1921, Page 5
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