AEROPLANE WRECKAGE
NOT ULM'S MACHINE IDENTITY STILL UNKNOWN 'Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Dec. 21. The cabled message describing the finding of wreckage of an aeroplane 38 miles from Honolulu, and suggesting that the machine might be that of the Australian airman, C. T. P. Ulm, was referred to by Mr B. Shiel, of Wellington, who was Ulm's assistant. Mr Shiel said the fact that the Star of Australia gave her position last when 50j) miles from America, and was thereafter unable to find the radio beam, made it unlikely that the wreckage found was that of Ulm's machine. The radio operator, SkiUing, did not acknowledge radio messages sent out, Dut constantly asked for the beam, which was operating for the whole time of the flight. The last message from the plane was "Out of petrol; landing on water; come and get us." Judging by this signal, the machine was much farther away from Honolulu than 38 miles, and the failure of the machine to maintain her position on or near the beam enhanced this orobability.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23689, 22 December 1938, Page 12
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