Plane Mishaps

The Aero Club of Noumea badly damaged one of its planes, a Tiger Moth, during a take off in Decem ber. No one was hurt but the plane is extensively damaged.

The de Havilland Dragon of Transpac had an incident about the same time while taking off for a trip to Lifou. It is thought that one of the motors cut out whilst taxi-ing, causing the plane to turn and run off the strip. No damage was done but the trip was postponed to a later date.