AEROPLANE FLIGHT.
ANOTHER STAGE COMPLETED. GOOD TIMES RECORDED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. The DH9 aeroplane, in its Auckland to Invercargill flight, arrived at Timaru at 5.24 this evening. The plane left Trentham at 9.46 a.m., making a nonstop flight to Christchurch, which was reached in approximately three hours. The afternoon was spent in transacting business. Timaru was reached after about an hour’s flight. The flying time from Auckland to Timaru was 8 hours 15 minutes. The plane carried a cargo of parcels and letters, and a Wellington morning daily was delivered for the first time in Christchurch and the south on the day of its issue. The plane reached 6000 feet altitude crossing Cook Strait and the average altitude of the flight was 3000 to 4000 feet. The flight is likely to be concluded to-morrow.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1921, Page 5
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137AEROPLANE FLIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1921, Page 5
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