PLANE’S ROUGH TRIP
NOTED FLIER AT PAHIATUA RAIN AND WIND ENCOUNTERED Press Association PAHIATUA, Today, Two airplanes flew from Martinborough to Pahiatua on Saturday in very stormy weather and the pilots landed cleverly on the landing ground in spite of a heavy wind. A large crowd gathered in the rain to welcome Flying-Officer H. L. Piper, who once lived in the district. The noted flier was accompanied by Mr. W. L. Free, president of the "Wairarapa Club. In the other airplane was Captain "W. F. Park, the Wairarapa instructor. An official welcome was tendered by the Mayor, Mr. J. D. Wilson, and the county chairman, Mr. H. Bolton. * The weather was too rough for passenger flights.
NEW AIRPORT OPENED
CEREMONY AT ASHBURTON ► Press Association ASHBURTON, Saturday. Thick misty rain marred the opening of the Ashburton airport this afternoon, causing an abandonment of the programme of races and displays. Seven airplanes flew over the town, but it was found advisable not to have them in the air owing to the poor visibility. The county chairman, Mr. James Carr; the Mayor, Mr. R. Galbraith; Mr. T. D. Burnett, M.P.; Mr. W. Angland, Mayor of Timaru; Mr. G. Dash, Mayor of Waimate, and Sir Francis Boys, were speakers at the opening ceremony. The airport comprises 93 acres, owned by the county and borough councils, and handed over to Mr. E. B. Newton, president of the Mid-Can-terbury Aero Club, for operation. "Visiting pilots had an unenviable trip to their home airdromes after the ceremony.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 975, 19 May 1930, Page 16
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