AVIATION
THE TOKIO-LONDON RECORD DANISH PILOT'S ATTEMPT LONDON, Sept. 16. (Received Sept. 16, at 8 p.m.) Captain Michael Hansen, a Danish participant in the Centenary Air Ract, intends to make an attempt on the Tokio-London record which was established by a Japanese on April 9. He will fly a Percival Vega Gull with two companions. SEARCH FOR SOVIET PLANE LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15. Mr Lincoln Ellsworth announced that he is obtaining a plane for a wide search of the polar area for the Russian flyers, in the conviction that they are still alive. Sir Hubert Wilkins has sent a message to the United States to obtain a plane better suited for winter operation in the Arctic, after which he will continue the search. GERMAN AVIATOR SAFE DELHI, Sept. 15. Filchner is safe, en route to Kashmir. A message received on September 8 stated: "General Goering asked the British Air Ministry to assist in the search for a Lufthansa aeroplane which has been exploring a new route to the Far East and is overdue, at Kabul."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23299, 17 September 1937, Page 9
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175AVIATION Otago Daily Times, Issue 23299, 17 September 1937, Page 9
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