FLYERS' FATE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 195, 19 August 1927, Page 7

FLYERS' FATE.

RACE 'PLANES MISSING. Extensive Search Of Pacific's Water Lanes. WOMAN AERONAUT STILL LOST. (By Cable.—Press Association Copyright.)

(Beceived 10 a.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, August 18. All the resources of the United States Navy have been thrown into an extensive search for Miss Mildred Doran and the four men who are missing in the Dole air race. The Navy has assigned 42 ships to steam out into the water lanes seeking th» 'planes Miss Doran and Golden Eagle, which are still not heard from. One ship carried 28 land 'planes and another carried seaplanes. All will take-off from the vessels at frequent intervals in an endeavour to locate the lost aviators. Meantime 23 submarines and three submarine tenders have formed a scouting line at right angles to the course of the flight, hoping to find traces of the missing planes. An additional submarine is following the direct line of flight and two others will proceed later in similar fashion. Altogether 40 destroyers, merchant vessels and aircraft are searching for the missing machines. No report of the aviators had been received up till noon; Concern Felt. A Honolulu message states that when three hours had elapsed affer the landing of the Woolorac and Aloha without any sign of the other two 'planes considerable concern was felt. As there was still no news last evening Admiral McDonald ordered the destroyers and submarines stationed at Hawaii to search for them in net formation. It is feared the missing 'planes were forced down owing to their fuel being exhausted. The Miss Doran, piloted by J. A. Peddlar, with Lieutenant Knope as navigator, has also on board Miss Mildred Doran, a Michigan teacher, the only woman who has yet attempted a transoceanic flight. The machine was not equipped with a wireless sending apparatus. It had a receiving set, however, and this Miss Doran was to manipulate. The pilot of the Golden Eagle is Jack Frost, and with him as navigator is Gordon Scott. Victors' Rousing Reception. The Woolorac, piloted by Arthur Goebel, with Lieutenant William Davis as navigator, was the first to arrive, and wins the first prize of £5000. Her time was 26 hours 14 minutes. Martin Jensen, of Honolulu, pilot of the Aloha, with Captain Paul Schulter as navigator, took 26 hours 17 minutes on the trip. The Aloha secures the second prize of £2000. The pilot and navigator (Arthur Goebel and Lieutenant William Davis respectively) of the Woolorac, the winning 'plane, escorted by four other 'planes, made a perfect landing before a grandstand. As Goebel stepped from the 'plane he said: "Oh, boy, we did it." Then guns were fired and whistles shrieked. A crowd of people, estimated at 150,000, roared a welcome. Jensen, who is a favourite at Honolulu, made a poor landing in the Aloha. He jumped out of the 'plane to greet his wife, who collapsed in his arms. Jensen said: "Sorry I kept you waiting." The clamour of the crowd was greater than that which had greeted the winner. People surrounded the 'plane, burying both the airmen under an avalanche of flowers. The four flyers were taken in motor cars to Honolulu city. The cars could hardly move owing to the density of the crowds who danced about them.