TASMAN STORM
AWARUAS AERIAL STRUCK ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCE (By Telegraph.—special- to Times) AUCKLAND, Monday The Tasman flying-boat Awarua encountered a fierce electrical storm I when about 400 miles from Sydney on her way tc Auckland yesterday. An electrical discharge fused the trailing aerial, but the machine was not otherwise damaged. The aerial was promptly wound in and replaced by a spare. Passengers included Major-General ! Sir John Duigan, Chief of the I General Staff, and Group-Captain K. | W. L. Saunders, Chief of Air Staff, | who have been visiting Australia.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 10
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87TASMAN STORM Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 10
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