FLIGHT ROUND DOMINION
WANGANUI MAX’S IDEA (Per Press Association.) WANGANUI, this day. What is thought to .be the first flight round New Zealand by regulai commercial air services alone is to be made soon by a Wanganui man. Leaving Palmerston North, he will fly via Napier, Gisborne, and the Bay of Plenty to Auckland, and then will proceed via New Plymouth and Palmerston North to Wellington. From Wellington, lie will fly v * a Nelson, Westport and Greymouth to South Westland.
After staying a few days in South Westland he will go by air to Dunedin with calls at Christchurch, Blenheim and Wellington. He will return by air to Palmerston North. Two thousand miles will he covered in less than 20 hours’ travelling time, and the traveller will save not only time, but also money through going by air.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20027, 28 August 1939, Page 7
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138FLIGHT ROUND DOMINION Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20027, 28 August 1939, Page 7
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