LOST IN DESERT.
AIRMEN'S EXPERIENCES. LONDON. Dec. 12. The correspondent- of dm 'rimes at Cairo W vs Rial, an epic air -Tory comes from Amman. A machine Hying- from Rnmres, in Palestine, io Ammnn. which, could mil he located ,al the aerodrome', had only _a. two hours' snppb of fuel, and was lost in. ihe. rugged, arid tract across the Jordan. J
Many machines were ordered io searen, hut thev could liti<l no trace for four clays. Then wandering Aral* raid' they had seen Lk, missing machine Hying in a north-east direction and on a further search heinc made, the searchers saw a column of smoke and found tin- observer marooned on the edge of it cliff, from which they rescued him. , , . . , i The pilot had gone to seek help, ant, (he machines located him in a Redonin camp. When they landed they kepi their ,'.Heines running lest they should he atlacked by the Bedouins, who, however, ho came friendly. , , . , \|| dm airmen relumed safely to Amman. IL
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3107, 28 December 1921, Page 6
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167LOST IN DESERT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3107, 28 December 1921, Page 6
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