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No 215 : May 17, 1972

53

Solo-Three Times

Tim Healey, 16, set a record in Gisborne when he flew solo in three different aircraft in one afternoon recently. Tim had completed only 12 hours flying time so his achievement was noteworthy, to say the least.

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Tim pictured with the three Gisborne Aero Club planes in which he completed his feat, a Cherokee 140, a Cessna and an Air Tourer. Tim, the son of Mr and Mrs A. Healey, Island Road, is a student at the Gisborne Boys' High School and is studying for university entrance. He intends to take up flying as a career.

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The mass of dials on the plane's modern control panel.

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The Gisborne Aero Club's new six-seater Piper Aztec C, worth $45,000, pictured with the club's chief instructor, John Bishop. The plane, bought in the U.S.A. for the club's commercial division, Eastern Airlines, will fly on a run between Gisborne, Hamilton, Auckland and return.

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