Two Catalinas Flee From
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Hurricane
TWO Catalina amphibians, owned by TRAP AS, of New Caledonia, arrived unexpectedly over Brisbane about noon on January 26. They had fled at 8 a.m. from what might have been a de veloping hurricane near Noumea and made an 8-hours flight to Queensland.
Eagle Farm, Brisbane, was the nearest well-equipped field outside the hurricane area. , .. „ TRAPAS, a year ago, lost practically all its fleet in a hurricane at Noumea.
This time it took no chances. One of the Cats, had been due to leave Noumea on January 27 for New Hebrides.
Mr. Pierre Routhier, a French Govern ment geologist bound for New Zealand, for the Science Congress, was the only passenger.