RADIO BEACONS
DELAYED INSTALLATION IN AUSTRALIA INQUIRY INTO AIR LINER DISASTER. A REPORTED WARNING By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. MELBOURNE, November 8. Even if all 10 radio beacons which lhe Civil Aviation’ Board is installing in Australia had been operating on October 25, the Kyeema would still rot have been fitted with the necessary receiver to pick up the signals, said Squadron Leader Wiggins, radio superintendent of the Civil Aviation Board, at the inquiry today into theloss of the air liner. \ After Mr Leo Little, for the Australian Institute of Air Pilots and Navigators, had read departmental files which revealed that there had been considerable delay while the board negotiated for the hire of a plane for testing the beacons, Squadron Leader Wiggins, • while agreeing that there had been delays, said that they did not affect the position. The correspondence revealed that lhe board’s Superintendent of Flying Operations, Mr D. Ross, had said as long ago as February, that it would oe a matter of very grave concern if, during the coming winter, the delay resulted in one serious accident. The inquiry was adjourned till tomorrow.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 November 1938, Page 5
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