MOTH PLANE MISSING
MANY HOURS OVERDUE FEARS FOR AIRMAN'S SAFETY (Per United Press Association) HASTINGS, July 21. Fears are entertained for the safety of Hamish Armstrong, who left his home at Akitio, about 35 miles from Dannevirke towards the coast, at 10 o'clock this morning in a Moth plane bound for Hastings, but has not been seen since. Mr Armstrong should have arrived at Hastings within two hours after leaving home, but no news has been received at the Hastings aerodrome of his having landed anywhere. Residents of, Ongaonga, 15 miles inland from Waipukurau, heard a plane pass overhead at 11 o'clock this morning, flying towards Hastings, but it was not seen, and its description could not be given. A few minutes later a plane was heard over a timber mill situated on the banks of the Makarora River, in the Whakarara ranges. The mill is about 10 miles airline from Ongaonga towards Hastings. Apparently it has been forced down in some isolated locality.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22629, 22 July 1935, Page 10
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