AIRMAN OVERDUE
SYDNEY TO LONDON FLIGHT CUNNINGHAM NOT AT BIMA SEARCH ORDERED. 'United Erese Association— By En-.-t.ru- Telegraph Copyright.) WELTVERDEN, Aug. G. Mr A T Cunningham, who hopped off from Wyndham yesterday on the first stage of his flight from Australia to England, has not arrived at Buna, his objective. At Weltevreden there is no news of him. The authorities at Koepang and Timor have ordered a search of the interior of Timor Island. Mr Cunningham is flying in an Australian machine in an endeavour to beat Bert Hinkler’s record time from England to Australia. His early preparations for the flight were shrouded in mystery a Mr Cunningham giving a name other than his own, as lie desired that his parents should not know of the flight, thus saving them anxiety.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 August 1930, Page 5
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131AIRMAN OVERDUE Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 August 1930, Page 5
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