SEARCH FOR HINKLER
CAPTAIN HOPE'S EFFORTS Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. GENEVA, January 21. Captain Hope’s search around Valais did not confirm his aerial suspicion that he saw the outline of an aeroplane. The noted Swiss airman, Mittelholzer, is of opinion that Mr Hinkler was bewildered by the mountain fog, with which he was unacquainted, and prohaby struck an ice barrier. If so, the recent snow renders further search at present useless. FURTHER SEARCH. LONDON, January 21. Captain Hope has telegraphed to the committee that he is continuing the ground search, but requires the assistance of two Englishmen. CAPTAIN HOPE'S REPORT LONDON, January 22. (Received January 23, at 11 a.m.) Interviewed while en route to_ London, Captain Hope said that Hinkler circled seven times over a party of skiers on the Diablerets. Apparently he was trying to gain height m order to cross the ranges. Nine feet of snow had since fallen there. His machine would now be invisible. ' Despite the conviction that Hinkler reached the Alps, the search is being continued in the Forest of Othe (near Auxerre), owing to a peasant’s belief that he saw a plane like Hinkler’s passing on the night of January 7.
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Evening Star, Issue 21317, 23 January 1933, Page 9
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197SEARCH FOR HINKLER Evening Star, Issue 21317, 23 January 1933, Page 9
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