TEAL Short Solent flying boat on The Coral Route: Auckland, Fiji, Samoa, Aitutaki, Tahiti 1950s
Автор: Peter Borenius
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TEAL’s famous Pacific island-hopping adventure.
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Tiare Tahiti and the Coral Route.
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collect...
The Coral Route
The inaugural flight, from Auckland to Papeete via Suva and Aitutaki, left on 27 December 1951.
It started as a monthly service but proved so popular, the airline began to fly once a fortnight.
The name 'Coral Route' came from a TEAL staff competition.
Head steward Eric Mullane's winning entry was inspired by the beauty of coral islands and of the song-filled (choral) welcome that was given to visitors to the islands.
Short S.45 Solent IV of which TEAL acquired four.
They were delivered during 1949 with one setting a new trans-Tasman crossing record of 5 hours 37 minutes.
The Solents continued flying until 1954 with the introduction of the Douglas DC-6 landplanes.
However, Solent ZK-AMO Aranui continued on the Coral Route until 1960
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