INTENSIVE SEARCH

Northern Advocate, 29 July 1935, Page 6

INTENSIVE SEARCH

MANY PLANES ENGAGED NO SIGN OF MR ARMSTRONG. HOPES STILL ENTERTAINED. [Special to "Northern Advocate.”} DANNEVIRKE, This Day. The search for the missing airman, Mr Hamish Armstrong, who left his home in his Moth plane yesterday I week and has not been seen since, continues. Yesterday 11 planes were • engaged, and on Saturday no fewer than 13 machines were occupied with the task of endeavouring to locate his Whereabouts. An immense amount of territory was covered on tne days mentioned, the country traversed being wild and rugged. On Saturday morning four planes made a close examination of the terri- ■. ' tory between Taupo and the Kaima- \ nawa ranges. During the afternoon r they were joined by four more ma•l chines. Remaining at Taupo overt night, the aeroplanes were taken out " in pairs shortly after dawn yesterday ' , morning, and covered the territory as | far as Mount Edgecumbe, near Te ■ I Tekb, Taihape and National Park. ■ r Early in the afternoon the weather ml became cloudy, and snow fell, so four lfl| of the machines returned to Hastings. I*; The other aeroplanes remained at If Taupo and will continue the search tof day, provided weather conditions improve sufficiently. It is not known when the search |.i will be abandoned, but it will not be ■. until the very last ray of hope has disappeared. Some of the pilots have been flying every day since July 20, and some have covered several thousand miles in bleak and misty weather. over most treacherous country.