PLANE'S TEST FLIGHT
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Preparations at Mangere
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AUCKLAND, This Day. Preparations for tho landirig of the Union-Airways plane on a teft fliglit from Wellington at 3 oVloek tn-dav Avere still proceeding at Mangere early this afternoon, a large parfy of men froiu Ihe Fublic Works Departmeut workixtg all the morning preparing the scoria rnnway from tlie landing field to the h'.igat. Ou;X.g to iaiii; the partially completed 'innvav »s soimnvhat of a quagunre, and there were doubts as to wlietbor the large plane could be housed at Mangere tonigbt. An alternative plan was to take the meehine tn the military aerodrome at Hobsonville. However, early this afternoon officials stated that Ihe runwav would be eontplelcd in timo tor the recoptiou oi' ihe plane »l;
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 130, 18 June 1937, Page 11
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