AWARUA’S FLIGHT
STRONG HEAD WINDS MET. TRAVEL AT HIGH ALTITUDE. ' (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. On its first commercial flight to Sydney, the flying-boat Awarua 101 l Auckland at G. 9 a.m. today, commanded by Captain Oscar Garden. The Awarua carried 20,000 letters weighing 5001 b, a crow of six. and six passengers. the latter including Colonel N. S. Falla, chairman of directors of Tasman Empire Airways. Radio messages stated that shortly after her departure (he Awarua encountered strong head winds. Visibility was poor at 4.000 feet, with some snow. The llying-bdat. climbed to 10,000 foot and mol intermittent rain.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1940, Page 6
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