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CHALLENGER AT DARWIN MISHAP DELAYS DEPARTURE. FLOAT DAMAGED BY TANKER. By Telegraph.—Press Association, Copyright. (Recd This Day, 11.15 a.m.) DARWIN, This Day. The flying-boat Challenger arrived at Darwin last evening. Her time from Southampton was seven days four hours, the distance covered being 10,554 miles. In a high wind, an oil tanker which was refuelling the Challenger broke away from her mooring and crashed into the flying-boat, extensively denting a float. As a result, the Challenger will not continue her flight until Tuesday.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 July 1938, Page 7
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86AIR MAIL SERVICE Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 July 1938, Page 7
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