Capt. Ladd's NZ A
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Stretcher Cases
Or Fishermen
Capt. Ladd's NZ A Service Does Well
piM’s NZ Representative was t 1 October guest of Aucklan enterprising Tourist Air the aviation organisation headed Captain Fred Ladd, formerly w known as chief pilot for Fiji A ways.
TAT was inaugurating a regu, passenger service to Waiheke Islai out in Hauraki Gulf, with its smi little Grumman Widgeon amphibii which is a prominent feature Auckland’s skies these days.
The Grumman is likely to sighted splashing ashore a clambering up any sandy bea within a long cooee of Aucklai as it goes about its charter bu ness.
When not delivering Americ tourists from a Matson ship to ! game fishing grounds in the : north or Lake Rotorua, out on fishery patrol flight for the Mar: Department, or hurrying son isolated casualty or maternity Ci to an Auckland hospital, the Grui man is now the only inhabitant the once busy TEAL flying-boat bn at Mechanics Bay, Auckland.
The aircraft has just been fit 1 with an expensive stretcher for \ carriage of casualties —over 70 su have been brought in from outly; places since TAT began operatic two years ago.
To cope with expanding businc TAT will have the use of a Cessn 180 amphibian this summer handle local pleasure flights, wli the Widgeon does the more serio business and makes the more dists flights.