[?]Dney To Santiago Along The Taylor Route

[?]ew Airservice [?]ming Up?

World famous air-route trail-blazer, Sir Gordon Taylor, told PIM in Sydney in March that the rumour that an Aus tralia-Chile airservice across the South Pacific is projected is “practically correct”.

was reported in February that an 8,500-ft airstrip on Easter Island is to be built as a re iling stop for the service which is r being discussed by Chilean and tralian civil aviation officials. , was reported, further, that th Pacific Air Lines would be operators of such a service, with IB aircraft which could make the it Santiago-Sydney in 30 hours, aptain Brian Monkton visited ney a few weeks ago, officially in lection with his company’s other ected service—with Solent fly boats —between Honolulu and eete, via Christmas Island. This ice, after many delays, is ex ed to go into operation about middle of this year. He made announcement about his com fs interest in an Australia-S. trican service with land planes, r Gordon Taylor pioneered the ;h Pacific route via Easter Island 5 years ago in a Catalina, which ailed Frigate Bird 111. His book his flight was one of the most :ing descriptions of aerial ad are. Twice —both on the forward return journeys—he almost met >ter at Easter Island, which has lighting area suitable for flying 3. On the island at the time vas there was the wreck of a 3an amphibious Catalina which crashed when taking off Easter Island on what was to survey flight to Australia in reverse direction to Taylor’s, ylor has always been interested n airservice across the South ic and strongly urged it in his At the end of 1955, he made vate visit to Chile—“just to re old friends.” hough Sir Gordon was in ted in South Pacific Air Lines s initial stages, he pulled out time ago and it has been re (dly denied in the last 12 hs that he has any present in t in the company, len the matter of the proposed -alia-Chile service was referred im in March he said that ugh the reports were “practic correct” he could add nothing er at this stage. clear picture of soil erosion low to prevent it is the essence veil-illustrated and informative et for Fiji farmers just released le Fiji Department of Agri "e, 2/-. The author is Mr. C. E.

Jhead. Soil Conservation Officer at Colony.