World's Fastest Airboat for Papuan Oil Co
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Papuan Oil Co.
ASSEMBLED at Mascot, Sydney, a new American twin-engined Grum man G2l amphibian left Kingsford- Smith airport on January 10, for Daru, Western Papua, to carry on aerial re search work in connection with the oil seeking activities of Papua Oil Deve lopment, Ltd. (a subsidiary of the Shell Company). The fastest airboat in the world, she was in charge of Cap tain Harold G. Crowley.
The Grumman was fitted in Sydney with full radio equipment by Amalga mated Wireless (Australasia), Ltd., in cluding a medium-length and short wave transmitter and an all-wave superheterodyne receiver. Mr. W. Eddy is the plane’s radioman. The two other members of the crew are a second pilot (Mr. Frank Kelly) and a camera man.