FLIGHT TO INDIA.
NEW ROUTE TAKEN. NO NEWS OF HINKLER AND MCINTOSH.. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Nov. 18. There has been no news of any kind of Hinkler and Mclntosh since they disappeared from the Upavon aerodrome on their flight to India. According to last minute advice to the Air Ministry, the airmen intended following tiV great circuitous route via Berlin, Warsaw, Odessa, Afghanistan and .across the Himalayas, which is an entirely new route to India. They would thus pass over great tracts of country uninhabited except possibly by’ hostile tribes, and hill ground unsuitable for landing.
At dawn to-day they expected to climb the high pass over the dangerous Himalayas and enter India. They carry •sufficient petrol to last till noon on Thursday.
Clouds, mist and rain are reported to be preventing observers from sighting the aeroplane.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 18 November 1927, Page 5
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138FLIGHT TO INDIA. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 18 November 1927, Page 5
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