THE AIRMEN'S EMERGENCY BOAT
and missed it. Except in one or two very small sections it would take thirty minutes at least to cross tho land. Nothing more need be said on that score. To return to the many theories and declarations that on tho night of Tues- , day last tho monoplane was seen circling about the hilly country adjacent to Wellington. Pilots of the experience of Moncrieff and Hood would, if they followed their training and experience, avoid that class of country. The first piece of ocean beach would have seen an attempted landing, especially after the long strain and the long hours they had been compelled to remain awake. The collection of statements that the machine was still flying about in the early hours of Wednesday is discounted immediately on the point of petrol supply. That the machine would still bo in tho air at that time was an impossibility on fact. There follow all the stories of television, and mysterious theories not based on sight or sound.
of all ex-members of the R.F.C. and R.A.F. The rjyn have attempted a big job, and if tuoy have gone down it has been with flying colours.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 12, 16 January 1928, Page 10
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