BROADBENT WILL CARRY ON.
AWAITING NEW PROPELLER ,(By Telegraph-i-ress Assn.-Copyright) Received Sunday, 7.5 p.m. BATAVIA, March 19. The, Australian, aviator Mr. H. F Broadbent, who was brought to Bima by a Butch Navy plane, hopes to be able to continue his flight after fitting a new propeller, which will bo ordered from Sourabaya, where ho arrived to-day. Thu Quotas plane which found Mr. Broadbent carried also Mr. Dismore,
a ssml ant-general melinger of imperial Airways, who said Mr. BroadbentT plane was distinctly visible; at .11 o’clock yesterday morning between Torokerita and Naugalcle against. tie slope of a mountain at Amareno; also I\fr. Broadbent’s green shirt was rccognised. Tlio piano apparently had only a propeller damaged. Broadbent, who was accompanied by six natives and one officer, was furnished with oranges, bananas, etc. The pilot of the (juntas plane heard about ZSfr. Broadbent being missing in the Timor at Kupang and returnee! to soared along the Timor coast. Within a few hours he located Mr. Broadbent on the coast of Flores, where the mountains rise suddenly above sea level. Apparently Mr. Broadbent made a forced landing on a native path to the mountains. The plane was apparently damaged. The Qantas pilot threw out cigarettes and a message of congratulations.
He spotted also a Dutch officer, whereupon he continued his flight.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 March 1938, Page 5
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