Date Of First Lae-Wau
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Flight
y , Letter to ttie Editor ON page 13 of the November “PIM", a paragraph refers to the date of the first aeroplane flight from Lae to Wau, in April, 1927.
The official records of Guinea Gold No Liability, which owned the first ’plane, contain a cablegram, received shortly after the flight, from its representative in Salamaua, reading as follows: “Plane regular service inaugurated Monday, April 18. No difficulty.”
A schedule, on file also, indicates that, on the first completed flight two pas sengers (evidently Messrs. Mullins and Lewers) were taken to Wau, and three were flown back to the coast on that day. At this time, Mr. C. J. Levien was, unfortunately, in Rabaul, and thus a first-hand report from him is lacking.
I am, etc.,
C. V. T. Wells.
Adelaide,
ED. NOTE: This information courte ously supplied by the chairman of Guinea Airways Ltd., fixes the historic date beyond argument—it was April 18, and not April 17, as had been supposed.