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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 286, 3 December 1938, Page 9

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'PLANE MISSING. I Australian Pilot Lost in English Channel. FOUR PASSENGERS ABOARD. 5 United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 1 p.m.) LONDON. December 2. Captain Percival, a noted Australiar pilot, in a 'plane with four passengers, is missing between Heston and Paris. He has not reported since he was over the Channel at 3 p.m. Ships and aircraft have been advised to keep a special look out.

A later message states that there was no news at midnight of the 'plane, which is the latest model to be designed by Captain Percival. It is a two-engined light transport 'plane. BRITAIN'S OFFER. Give France Opportunity to Build Up Air Force. COUNTRIES TO CO-OPERATE. (Received 12.30 p.m.) LOXDOX, December 2. » The British United Press Paris cor- ? respondent says that the Air Secretary., e Sir Kingsley Wood, offered. M. la j Chambre, French Air Minister, an oppor- _ tunity to build up the French Air Force on British expansive principles, s France seeks full British co-operatynn and may buy the manufacturing rights of the Vickers Spitfire, whose speed of p 365 miles an hour far exceeds the French maximum. OFFICIAL HURT. 'Plane Crashes on Journey to Bagdad. INVESTIGATING DISASTER. (Received 10.30 a.m.) VIEXXA, December 2. Captain F. S. Wilkins, the British Air Afinistrr's assistant inspector of acci-

dents, who was travelling to Bagdad to investigate the Calpurnia disaster, was slightly injured when a German Lufthansa 'plane crashed into a hillside in a fog. Four of the crew and two German passengers were seriously hurt. The 'plane was burnt out. The Air Ministry ordered Captain Wilkins to return home. They are sending out another official. ONE KILLED. LUFTHANSA CRASHES. Independent Cable Service. (Received 11 a.m.) BERLIN, December 2. One was killed and six were injure* when the Lufthansa crashed. NEW AIR SERVICE. OPENING IN JANUARY. British Official Wireless. (Received 10 a.m.) RUGBY, December 2. An air service between London an 4 Lisbon will be opened in January.