Dragon Aeroplane for New Guinea
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New Guinea
TO replace the small aeroplane which was destroyed in a smash in the jungle near Wau, in December, Messrs.
W. R. Carpenter and Co. Ltd. have pur chased a Dragon Moth aeroplane from West Australian Airways Ltd. The ma chine is of similar type and age to the Dragon aeroplane which Messrs. Carpen ter bought about the middle of 1934, and which is now operating between Salamaua and the New Guinea goldfields. The machine was purchased by West Aus tralian Airways Ltd. about the middle of 1934.
The Dragon ’plane arrived from West ern Australia at Mascot, Sydney, in January, and was being assembled there in mid-January. Mr. Ferguson, one of Messrs. Carpenter’s pilots from New Guinea, arrived in Sydney in January to fly the machine from Sydney to Sala maua, where it will take its place in the Carpenter Air Service. The Carpenter Service will now consist of two Dragon ’planes and one Fox Moth.