AVIATION.
(Australian &■ N.Z. Cable Association.) NO NEAVS OF AIRMEN. LONDON, Nov. 17. There is no news of any kind of Hinkler or ALclntosh, since they disappeared from Upavon. According to last minute advice to the Air Ministry the airmen intended following the great circle route, via Berlin, AA r arsaw, 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 by possibly hostile tribes, and hill and ground unsuitable for landing. At dawn to-day they expect to climb tbe high pass over the dangerous Himalayas and enter India. They carried sufficient petrol to last till noon or Thursday. Clouds, mist and rain are reported to he preventing observers sighting the plane.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1927, Page 2
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126AVIATION. Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1927, Page 2
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