AEROPLANES USEFUL
REPAIRING POWER LINE. The first occasion when an airman has helped to maintain the electric power service took place the ofiher day at Bungsar, in the Federated Malay States. A breakdown occurred, and a repair gang was sent out to find the spot where the insulation had broken down. The mains engineer flew over the spot where the workmen were assembled, and when the power was cut off he dropped, a green cloth as a signal that the repairs could be started.
As soon as the repairs were finished the foreman signalled to the aeroplane, and the mains engineer in the plane flew back to the nearest telephone box and told the power staff to switch on the current again. This reduced a delay in the supply of electric current from two hours to twenty minutes,
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1934, Page 18 (Supplement)
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