MISSING IN IRAN
c . FRENCH AIRWOMAN SEQUEL TO A RECORD . ,■ - BASRA, Jan. 8 Mademoiselle Maryse Hilsz, a famous French airwoman, is missing en route " to Basra from Karachi. She was last ■ reported at Jask. She has no wireless in her machine. The Damascus authorities believe that thai flier may have been forced down in the Iranian (Persian) hills, in which case no ne\vs might ho heard of her for' several, days.
Mile. Hilsz reached Saigon, French Indo-China, on December 23, after a flight of 88 hours 15 - minutes from Istres, France. She thus broke the reoord set by Andre Japys by 10 hours 37 minutes. Her objective is the double record. " '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22928, 5 January 1938, Page 12
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