AMERICAN CLIPPER.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 402, 8 April 1937, Page 6

AMERICAN CLIPPER.

Flight From Pago Pago To-day. Press Association —Copyright. Auckland, April 7. Fair flying weaiher having been predicted for the journey, the PanAmerican survey clipper is expected to hop off from Pago Pago, at four o’clock to-morrow m.lrning (New y.taland time) foi -Kingman Hee:' on the second stage of the homeward flight, rhe dis a-.iea is about j-t-'O nautical miles/, whL.fi. ebcu.d be cov -r-.d within 11 hours. Bad vislhi'itv in the vicinity o£ Kingman Reef is said tr have been responsb'e for the -..t.-per's spelling three and a oa'.f hours at Pago I ago. Mr A. Frau: s, Pan-Aine-iean operations rantingw at Auckland, said today in rej-i/ to lie Welling*, in criticism on the •’aucr:i.ii of i-h t . <*ipp. r’s flight -o that efiy that the, twT main reasons were that she had 14 passengers? SM it would, have been necessary to tranship them in Weilington harbour. Proper mooring and landing facilities were lacking, and they did not consider it advisable to risk anyth-'ng happening. The- conditions’ could not have improved in time for Ihe clipper to have flown to Wellington and; back before'dark.