Ie SHELL} NEWS COLUMN In the isolated settlements of Australia' $ vast hinterland there is no doctor who can be round in a few minutes when an emergency occurs, at least, there was no doctor: Thanks to the Flying Doctor Service, settlers separated from a doctor by hundreds of miles can now get medical assist- ance in sometimes less than an hour; sufficient time to prevent a tragedy Today all homesteads possess 4 war surplus combination radio transmitter and receiver. These transceivers fac- ilitate communication; and all calls for Flying Doctor Service come by this means. The Flying Doctor is ready to attend a call day or night: Day or night; the mercy alrcraft must fly "blind there are no land- marks, beacons, radio aids or direction finders which in inhabited areas Air Control stipulate as necessary to safe flying:; Pilots must therefore have experience, and plenty of nerve: Above all; their aircraft must be [00% reliable lives often depend on the safe arrival of 2 doctor: No ordinary fuel can guarantee reliability of the sort the Flying Doctor needs. Shell provides aviation fuel and oil to air- craft of the Flying Doctor Service: El8.9 Another in the Series THE SHELL COMPANY OF NZ: LTD. (Incorporated in England)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 544, 25 November 1949, Page 29
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207Page 29 Advertisement 1 New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 544, 25 November 1949, Page 29
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