AIR CRASH INQUIRY
EVIDENCE OF RADIO EXPERT PROPOSED SAFETY MEASURES MELBOURNE, Nov. 4. (Received Nov. 4, at -11.30 p.m.) Australia's nroposed organisation for aircraft safety will be second to none in the world, according to the evidence of Squadron-leader C. S. Wiggins, the radio expert on the Civil Aviation Board, at the Kyeema inquiry. The work done in the last 18 months, he said, was more than that undertaken by any other country at any time. The delays in the operation of the Lorenz radio beacon were made in the interests of maximum safety and to obtain the best possible system. He considered the Lorenz beacon the best type at present, but only two were available in Australia and it would take months before more could be obtained. In the meantime he was sure that they would have suitable receivers developed by Amalgamated Wireless. Squadron-leader Wiggins said the Essendon beacon would be operating within a fortnight. The actual cost of the seven beacons now installed was £60,000 to £70,000. He denied that a plane had been specially obtained from Adelaide for tests because of the disaster. The negotiations were made before then.
The inquiry was adjourned till Monday.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23649, 5 November 1938, Page 13
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