EMPIRE FLYING BOAT
ARRIVAL AT DARWIN FLOAT DAMAGED BY COLLISION WITH TANKER Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright DARWIN, July 4. (Received July 4, at 11.35 a.m.) The flying boat Challenger arrived at Darwin last evening. The time from Southampton was seven days four hours and the distance covered was 10,554 miles. In a high wind the oil tanker which was refuelling the Challenger broke away from her moorings and crashed into the flying boat, extensively denting a float. As a result the Challenger will not continue the flight until Tuesday.
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Evening Star, Issue 23000, 4 July 1938, Page 9
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