AEROPLANE AT GREYMOUTH
. CAPT. BURRELL LANDS ON REACH GREYMOUTH, July 4. Til© sight of an aeroplane flying over the town this afternoon gave numerous citizens a rubberneck attitude,, bid the excitement was . intensified when the ’plane swooped low and landed on the South Beach. . .
The ’plane proved to be a DH- Motli . piloted by Captain Burrell, who has been at Westport for some time irconnection with earthquake relic l work, making several flights to Knnjmea. Captain Burre.ll was accompanied by Corporal Smith, mechanic. Tim pilot stated that they left Westport en route to Christchurch, but, owing to the weather conditions, and the intense cold likely to be experienced over the Southern Alps, they decided to break their journey at Grey mouth, and if conditions are favourable, continue their flight to the Sockburn Aerodrome to-morrow. Captain Burrell made a good landing, and tlie ’plane was un damaged. Tlie Moth is the second ’plane to run its wheels on- the Greymouth beach, the first being the Avro piloted bv Captain M. Buckley, whicli made pleasure flights on the West Coast a few years ago. at the time of the Hokitika Exhibition.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1929, Page 3
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189AEROPLANE AT GREYMOUTH Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1929, Page 3
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