AVIATION

Grey River Argus, 14 December 1938, Page 9

AVIATION

DARWIN, December 13. The Empire flying boat Coororig, which arrived last evening, from Koepang, with three tons of Christmas mail, was swept ashore and wrecked by an 80-mile-an-hour gale,; which swept across Darwin Harbour late last night. . ’ Mechanics and townspeople worked heroically as the Cborong pounced on the rocks, and were able to save every bag of mail, but it is doubtful whether the flying-boat, which is valued at £60,000 can b e salvaged. MELBOURNE, Decenffie? 13. Mr Thorby announced that the Fed : ;eral Govrdrnment „had decided to create a permanent Air Court of Inquiry similar in most respects to the Marine Court. It will be presided over by a police or stipendiary magistrate, assisted by two experts; MOSCOW, December 12. ’ A regular airmail service established by the Soviet with the Arctic and Eastern Siberia, will drop letters and newspapers for reindeer herdsmen, and the fifty-six radio stations in the Far North. Pilots are' alsq/experimenting with parachute delivery’parcels. - A propellor. driven by ahrbsletls. with a speed of sixty miles/an hour 'will supplement the airmail for/rcirnote districts, north of NabXrovsk, Kamchatka and along the Arc-tic ’rivers* . ; .