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Proud day for residents of Botwood26
The company owned by Cotton encountered many setbacks due to poor winters and aircraft malfunctions. In 1923 the company was awarded a contract to survey the gold potential of the Labrador coast. This was not enough to keep the company financially sound and the last air mail flight was made from Botwood on May 16, 1923. Cotton remained at Botwood for less than three years. He liquidated the Aerial Survey Company when the government failed to give him the support he sought and his facilities fell into disuse. By August 1923 he was in New York with $25,000 cash and looking for a new challenge. "The Intrepid Birdman" died at England in Febuary of 1969 at the age of 75 (Morris, 1992). |
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