MISSING AIRMAN
SEARCH FOR NUNGESSER.
UNDERTAKEN BY AVIATOR,
A HOPEI,ESS MISSION FEARED,
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COP YSIGHT.
NEW YORK, May 31
A monoplane designed to search for the missing airmen Nungosser and Coli is scheduled to hop off on June 1. Following rigid tests the pilot, S. Cotton, plans to flv direct to Channel Head, Newfoundland, to which extra pontoons and food will be shipped by a steamer. Cotton expects to make this his headquarters, from which he will fly daily in an attempt to pick up some clue of the missing men. He intends to cover thoroughly a section of the country in which it is believed the flyers Avere forced to land.
The ’plane is equipped -with a 200 horse-power Wright Whirlwind engine, similar to Captain Lindbergh’s. Early tests indicated that the motor would be able to withstand the terrific strain to which it would be subjected. Despite public enthusiasm the mission is feared to be hopeless.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 2 June 1927, Page 5
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158MISSING AIRMAN Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 2 June 1927, Page 5
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