NZAF Sunderlands
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Until 1962
The RNZAF Sunderland ying-boats stationed at Suva nd Auckland will he in service or at least another two years, ccording to a New Zealand re ort, and the aircraft to replace hem then has still not been ho sen.
The choice lies between an ircraft with the best military har act eristics and one with the hility to carry out the many seful peacetime duties that the underlands are capable of oing.
The second of these choices
leans a flying-boat—and the
nly available flying-boat with nything like the sa m e ipabilities is the American lartin PSM.
Of the landplanes, types that light find favour include the lilitary version of the Electra , he Canadair Argus, the Avro hackleton Mk. 111, and the 'eptune P2V.
Even if ordered immediately, ; is considered that the order or any of these could not be lied before some time in 1962.