ARRIVAL AT PAGO PAGO

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 66, 5 April 1937, Page 9

ARRIVAL AT PAGO PAGO

An Uneventful Voyage AUCKLAND, Last Night. i Constant communication between the j Clipper and the temporary headquarters ;of Pan-American Airways, Auckland, iwas maintained by radio reports which •showed an uneventful flight from the ,take-off at 4.17 aon. to the landing at 'Pago Pago at 5.11 p.m. New Zealand time. There was not a single event of (note reported. • Varying weather conditions wero recorded but for the most part good pro-; gress was made at about 9000 feet be-' tween two layers of clouds. A report at six o'clock stated that the craft had flown 240 nautical miles. ; The ground speed had decreased from i 145 to 120 knotB at 7000 feet. Showers were encountered three and a-half hours; 'later, when 570 nautical miles had been (covered. The ground speed was stilli >120 knots. Conditions were cloudy. 1 Tl10 180th meridian was crosSed . att 10.35 a.m. and the Clipper had passed: from Sunday back to. Saturday. By! noon she was 720 nautical miles along' her course and her ground speed had fallen to 100 knots. The velocity of Jthe wind was 30 knots, j The Clipper passed over Eua Island lin the Tongan group at oue o'clock. (Only 225 nautical miles remained to be | covered at three o'clock. 1 The Clipper is expeeted to leave Pago (Pago for Kingman Reef at dawn tojmorrow and reach her destination early |in the afternoon. (