ROUGH CROSSING.
TASMAN FLYING BGAT. SYDNEY, May 6. In spite of a 50-mile-an-hour head wind, which whipped the Tasman to fury, the flying-boat Awarua arrived at 2.40 o’clock this afternoon. The commander (Captain Oscar Garden) said'he flew high above ram clouds /.over 9000 feet and had a comparatively smooth crossing.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 134, 7 May 1940, Page 7
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50ROUGH CROSSING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 134, 7 May 1940, Page 7
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