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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1955Vol. XXVI, No.5

Commuting By

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Commuting By Helicopter

PEOPLE in the Konedobu area of Port Moresby were given a peep Into the future on November 29 They saw the Assistant Director- General of Civil Aviation, Mr G S Wiggins, arrived at work 'bv helicopter. y Mr. Wiggins, who is on a tour of the Territory, is a former Air Force Group-Captain, but the local World

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. T^ e y. decided that rather than land him at the company’s heliport at Badilli, from where he would have to go by car to Konedobu, it would be easier to land him at the DCA Building right at Konedobu.

WWAS’s acting chief pilot, Frank Mm joy, set the helicopter down near the Administration officers; and while public servants stopped work and watched wide-eyed, IVfr got out, went into his office', and the helicopter took off again Mr. Wiggins was back helicopter flymg again the next day. He likes it.— Moresby Correspondent. t The Nave Appeal for the Suva Anglican Cathedral had reached £3,502 by October 15.