Aeroplanes And Papuan Gold.
p. 39 · Read in the full issue
There are rumours that Mr. Ward Williams is likely to develop a rich gold field in the interior of Papua. This en terprise has been made possible by aerial communication. An aerodrome has been established at Kokoda, near Mr. Williams’ ground, and the huge machines of Guinea Airways, Ltd., now call there regularly on their flights across New Guinea, between Wau and Port Moresby.
The above photograph, kindly supplied by Mr. M. C. W. Rich, A.R.M. at Fer gusson Island, shows the first ’plane (F13) to land on Kokoda, on September 28, 1932. It was in charge of two famous pilots, Messrs. Drayton (who was shortly aftferwards killed in a crash) and Denny.