AEROPLANE MYSTERY
MACHINE THAT VANISHED. On July 30, the United States Army’s newest and most efficient fighting aeroplane was taken up by a test pilot for- its maiden flight. Since then neither the pilot nor the machine has been seen. The builders of the machine instructed the pilot not to fly out of sight of the municipal airport at Los Angeles. It was last sighted flying along the coast. Army aeroplanes conducted a careful search along the route indicated, and established definitely that the machine was hot wrecked on land, and that it had not crashed into the sea, at least within a reasonable range of the airport. It is related, however, that a high speed motor-boat of unknown registration and ownership followed the aeroplane up the coast from Los Angeles and also disappeared from sight. The wife of the pilot has organised posses to search in remote canyons and isolated mountains. She is convinced that hex - husband is still alive, and that he has made a forced landing in a remote spot. . . . The machine was of radical design, and was stated to be capable of travelling at 350 miles an hour.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 29, 15 November 1935, Page 2
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