SECOND FLIGHT

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 458, 16 June 1937, Page 7

SECOND FLIGHT

CLIPPER MACHINE Another Pacific Survey j Press Association —Copyright. Auckland, June 15 Private advice lies been received in Auckland to the effect that a s. cond survey flighlt from ATariie'dia. on San Francisco Bay, to New Zealand, is to be undertaken by p: n-American Airways. If this is correct there seems to be no doubt th I. the company's objective is to inaugurate a pac-s eng er and mail service before the end of the year. When Mr. Harold Gatty left New Zee tend by the Pan-American Clip- | per in Alp.il last he d:«I not anticipate thad it would he long before I he would be back in the Dominion, and it is considere'di likely that he will return with the Clipper on her s:cond survey flight. Captnin Musick, who was in charge of the initial supv/3-y, will ini i probability be again in command. He said beI fore leaving New Zealand that he ' did not know whether it would be necessary to make anc4 her survey flight, but he indicated thet it migh ,: be found expedient /to undertake a second voyage. For instance there was no opportunity on the southern flight to make any investigation at Kingman Reef as the Clipper arrived in n.in and mist, and the weather had not improved when the ’plane took off Pago Pago. T rans-Tasman. The discussions at the Imperial

Conference in respedt to lair services and the decision to run a tri-wek-ly service from England to Australia as soon as the trans-Tasman service is inaugurated has no doubt the effect of speeding up Pap-Aniei’ican Airways as far as spafining the Pacific is concerned. With a definite decision to start a service from America, in it he immediate future the trans-Tasnuan service could not long be delayed. It is an important link, and much of its business would result from the Pan-American service. Passengers and mails from America would be transferred fc|t Auckland for the Tasman service. For the northern journey the position would be similar and Auckland would become one of the most important air ports in rhe southern hemisphere. Weather Reports. Pan-American Airways radio s‘rtion at St. Heller’s lias 1 eui in operation continuously since the departure of the Clipper, and every day weather reports arc sent to the company’s P' go Pago station .for transmission to Alameda, where complete records are being kept. The main question to be settled before the service can be operated is the site for landing p/t Auckland. A complete survey of the harbour was made by representatives of the company, including C-'ptain Musick, but no decision was made. Mr. Gatty said before he left for Amerioi. that the data would be submitted' to /the company’s engineers and they would take the responsibility of selecting the site from the reports submitted and the recommendations made.