A Flash from the
Past
The S.E.A. News,
No. 36, December 1967
The First
use of a Helicopter by SEA
Bringing power to O'Reilly's
Guest House and four adjacent homes on the Lamington Plateau
required plenty of planning and the use of a helicopter. The
area to be traversed was densely wooded and rugged, with deep
gullies and cliff faces. Since most of the route passed through
National Park, clearing a pathway was not permitted. To help
with the difficult task, a small Bell helicopter was hired
from Helicopter Utilities of Sydney.
The helicopter's main
task was to take a light pilot line across the gullies. Then
an intermediate heavier pilot line was winched across and
used to pull across three conductors, one at a time. Keeping
the lines away from the tree tops was one of the major problems.
It was an historic occasion, with newspaper and television
reporters present to record the difficult moves.
The SEA News, No.
15, December 1960
World Tour Stories
The General Manager
of SEA, Mr P.A.W.Anthony returned from a world tour, the primary
purpose being to study the latest trends in the electricity
supply industry. He was also one of the Australian delegates
at the World Power Conference in Madrid , Spain .
The descriptive account
of his tour, including some of his experiences of the different
countries and cultures he observed were presented in the magazine
with the sub-titles ‘German Revival', ‘Five Weeks in Britain',
‘High Pressure in the U.S.A', ‘Glamour of Hawaii', ‘Crowded
Japan' and ‘Colourful S.E. Asia'.
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