MISSING AVIATOR FOUND.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20711, 23 November 1932, Page 11

MISSING AVIATOR FOUND.

| _..-♦_ I FORCED LANDING IN JINGLE. j i BRITISH OFFU'J.U. VVIKW.KSSJ ! RUGBY. November 21. j Victor Smith, the young South 1 African airman who. in attempting a I record flight from Cape Town to EngI land, made a forced landing in an isolated pari of French West Africa, was reported sale to-day, after being missing tui a week. A menage from Cape Town states that Dori, where (smith landed, is &0U miles from Jcbba (Northern Nigeria), where he was last seen at 2 a.m. last Tuesday. His compass was evidently faulty.' as he missed Niamey by 10U miles. An aviator. -Mr Store, w-as about to leave in Mrs Mollison's aeieplane to search for Victor Smith when the announcement was made that j Smith had been located near Gao, where he ran short of petrol, but re- j plenished his supply after a two days' j traimi through the bush, and continued his flight to England. j CAPE TOWN-LONDON ! RECORD. j MR AND MRS MOLLISON TO j MAKE NEW ATTEMPT. j LONDON. November 21. \ Mr .). A. Mollison and Mrs Mollison ; (Miss Amv Johnson) are likely dually j to attempt the Cape Town-England } record, using their own machine.-, about December 9th. when a full mot... will be available. Prior to that Mi' i Mollison will fly to South Africa in oasv stages. J This announcement is confirmed by a message from Cape Town. j _~ j MRS MOLLISON TO MAKE FLIGHT ALONE. (Received November 2Jrd, J.oO a.m.) LONDON. November 22. Mr Mollison, after telephoning his wife, decided that she alone would attempt the Cape Town-England record in :he middle of December. Mr Mollison will not go to Cape Town. j PARACHUTE JUMP, j ! SOUTH AFRICAN'S DARING ! FEAT. j i - i I ,'CNITED PliliSS ASSOCIATION EY ELECTUIC | I CAPE TOWN. November 21. A .South African, George Kerr, of Durban, has established a parachute jump record of 17,300 feet. After the feat, he stated : "I. began losing strength at .17,000 feet. I let go without warning the pilot, and 1 oil hundreds of feet before pulling the rip cord. I swung violently and the cold turned to warmth. f smoked cigarettes and chewed biscuits t;> counteract the sickness. I drifted 10 miles and was 20 minutes in descending."