PERILS OF LONE FLIGHTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19394, 19 January 1933, Page 9

PERILS OF LONE FLIGHTS

VHERE DID HINKLER CRASH?

ELIEVED LOST IN ENGLISH CHANNEL United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—copyrlgnt PARIS, January 17. French authorities exhaustively inured for Mr Hinkler at the request the British Air Ministry. They report that there is no evidence an unknown airman crossing France, erial control is so close that it is imissible for a 'plane to cross France tseen. It is unlikely that Mr Hinkler ent so far out of his course as the lps. especially in winter time. They fear that he met with disaster i the Channel. DETERMINED SEARCH. CAPTAIN HOPE IN THE ALPS. United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph—Copyright BASLE, January 17. Snow and sleet prevented Captain W. i. Hope searching for Mr Hinkler, le has transferred his headquarters n Lausanne, which is handier than he Simplon. Those familiar with the Alps are pprehensive that the snow will bliterate all traces of the aeroplane. A new report states that a machine vas seen on January 7 over Lake jeneva, also another going from the thone Valley towards the Simplon, vhich is an unusual route. TWO CLUES FOUND. CAPTAIN HOPE'S ACTIVITIES. united Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright 'Received January 19, 12.0 a.m.) LONDON, January 18. A Lausanne message states Captain Hope received two clues during his jearch for Mr Hinkler. Two students ski-ing near the Diallerest on Saturday say they sighted a machine probably Hinkler's, while a gendarme at Montana, also saw a machine, the identification marks of which correspond with Hinkler’s. The weather improved to-day. Captain Hope is searching the Simplon district. LAD IT BAILEY MISSING. NO WORD OF AIRWOMAN SINCE SHE LEFT ORAN. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraoh—Copyright ORAN, January 17. Nothing has been heard of Lad; Bailey since she left Oran, and it i feared that the attack of influenzs from which she was suffering ma; have led to an accident. ORGANISING SEARCH. LEADING AVIATORS TO PARTICIPATE. United Press Assocfation—By Electrte TeltvraDh- -Copyright 'Received January 18, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON. January 18. James Mollison has decided that If there is no news of Lady Bailey, he will start early on Wednesday to search, using a Haviland sevenseater air-liner, accompanied by two others. Edward Hilman has loaned Captain Lancaster a big air-liner, which has been provided with a special tank, in order to search for Lady Bailey over the Sahara. Lady Bailey did not pay the French Ministry £I3OO to ensure an air search if she crashed in the desert. A message from Algiers says that Captain Poulain, the French aviator, who in February rescued two of his countrymen after they had been stranded in the Sahara for six days, is preparing to begin a search for Lady Bailey. GIRL FLIERS CRASH. PERILS OF AFRICAN BUSH. British Official Wireless RUGBY, January 17. The English girl fliers. Miss Joan Page and Miss Audrey Sale Barker, i l o crashed in the African bush, have row been brought to Nairobi. hoy were located yesterday, after f’l air search, having been missing since Saturday. Miss Page has a broken leg, and her companion slight head injuries. Both are now in hospital. They are reported to be comfortable and cheerful. They state that they were blown out of their course by a storm, and were making a forced landing when their petrol became exhausted and the machine turned over.