N.G. Flight.
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Plane Damaged On N.G. Flight.
ADE HAVILLAND Dragon aeroplane on a flight from Cairns to New Guinea met with an accident on Feb ruary 18 on the beach at Restoration Island, Weymouth Bay, North Queens land. Piloted by Mr. E. V. Crisp, the machine was en route to Salamaua to enter the goldfields freighting service operated by Mandated Airlines, Ltd.
The accident occurred when Mr. Crisp landed to refuel. The soft sand caused the machine to heel over, and a pro peller was broken.
A lugger anchored in the bay carried news of the pilot’s plight to a passing steamer, the Shell Co.’s tanker, “Scalaria”. The captain wirelessed the information to the owners of the aero plane, W. R. Carpenter & Co., Ltd., Sydney, and arrangements were made to repair the machine.
A new propeller carried to Restora tion Island by North Queensland Air ways enabled the Dragon to be in the air again within a fortnight. At the end of February it flew to Somerset, Cape York, and completed the journey to Salamaua on March 2.
Recently purchased by Mandated Air lines, this second-hand de Havilland is believed to have once belonged to the Duke of Windsor.