THE GIANT PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS CLIPPER, which arrived at Auckland yesterday afternoon on a survey flight of 7952 miles across the Pacific from San Francisco. The 42½-ton Boeing machine, which is twice the size of the 'Samoan Clipper and Centaurus is commanded by Captain J. H. Tilton. The California Clipper left America on August 23, and stops were made along the new route via Canton Island to permit of inspections being made b y the American officials.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 11
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76THE GIANT PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS CLIPPER, which arrived at Auckland yesterday afternoon on a survey flight of 7952 miles across the Pacific from San Francisco. The 42½-ton Boeing machine, which is twice the size of the 'Samoan Clipper and Centaurus is commanded by Captain J. H. Tilton. The California Clipper left America on August 23, and stops were made along the new route via Canton Island to permit of inspections being made b y the American officials. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 11
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