RECORD FLIGHT
FOR NEW ZEALAND
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, April 15
Major G. A. C. Cowper, Instructor for the Auckland Aero Club, and Mr Spencer Mason, a. member of the Committee, who left Wigram Aerodrome at j. 30 this morning, arrived at the Mange re Aerodrome,' Auckland, shortly ifter five o’clock this evening. The actual time spent in the air on die 550 miles journey was eight hours. Stops were made at Blenheim and Ha-worn.
This is a record one day flight for the Dominion. A message was broaght from the Mayor of Crristchurch to the Mayor of Auckland.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1929, Page 5
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100RECORD FLIGHT Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1929, Page 5
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