Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 20 October 1936Vol. VII, No. 3

First Aeroplane On

p. 6 · Read in the full issue

Page 66

Thursday Island

From Our Own Correspondent.

Thursday Is., Oct. 3.

INURING September Pilot MacDonald made the first landing on Thursday Island itself with an aeroplane. Hitherto our aerial visitors have either arrived in seaplanes or landed on Horn Island or on Mr. Vidgen’s property near Cape York.

A landing-ground has now been cleared on the site of the old T.I. racecourse and Pilot MacDonald used it again this week.

He flew in with another machine to pick up Constable Martin, who journeyed to North Queensland to visit his dying mother.

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