Cruise Plans for Frigate Bird III
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Frigate Bird III
BACK from successful Cruisebird Flight No. 1, Sir Gordon Taylor announced early in June that Flight No. 2 will follow the same circuit to New Caledonia and Fiji, but will be of 20 days duration.
Fare for the 5,000-mile flight, which includes four days at Nabavatu, Vanua Balavu, Lau Islands, Fiji, eastern-most point of the route, is £A.327/10/0.
A schedule of intended cruises for the next year shows the following, all flights starting and ending in Sydney: September 10, a 9-days trip to New Caledonia, fare £A.187/10 0.
September 27, a repetition of Flights 1 and 2 but extending on to Samoa, fare £A.347 10 0.
November 8, a flight to Hobart, right through New Zealand from south to north via lakes and harbours, thence to Lord Howe Island, fare £A.275.
January 8, a 9-days flight to New Caledonia again, fare £lB7/10 0.
February 1. 22, and March 15, repetitions of the Hobart-NZ-Lord Howe Island flights, fare £A.275.
Earlier a flight to Tahiti was forecast for this winter, and this could still be made if sufficient passengers are forthcoming.