AIRCRAFT FACTORY.
OPERATIONS AT KONGOTAI. < Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 6. The new De Havilland aeroplane factory at llongotai will be producing ’planes by the end of this month when the first, batch of Tiger Moth training machines ordered by the Government will be put into service. It is proposed for the time being to produce machines at the rate or six monthly, said Mr P. J. Dc Havillahd, of the De Havilland Aircraft Corporation, London, who arrived in Auckland to-day. He said since the decision was made twelve months ago to establish a factory in New Zealand progress had been excellent. In tho early stages the factory was principally an assembly plant, the ’planes being received from England and assembled in Wellington with the exception of woodwork and certain small parts manufactured in New Zealand- As the plant became available and the staff were trained more of the parts would he. fabricated in the Dominion and ultimately the entire machines would be New Zealand-built.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 133, 6 May 1940, Page 7
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