AERIAL NAVIGATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 December 1927, Page 5

AERIAL NAVIGATION.

THE MISSING AEROPLANE. i HOPE ABANDONED. | Press Association-Electric Telegraph-Copyright NEYV YORK, Wednesday, Hope has virtually been abandoned * for ‘ ‘ The Dawn. ” Every -portion of the route from New York to Harbour Grace has been thoroughly searched- Severe storms [along the route render the possibility of the ’plane floating for more than a brief period most doubtful. The airship Los Angeles has returned to its hangar, ending the search. A RADIO MESSAGE. ST. JOHN’S (Newfoundland), Wed. The agent of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Heart'_- Content reports that a radio message was received on Monday, it is believed from Mrs Grayson’s ’plane, “The Dawn,” asking for its location. The signals were strong. Heart’s Content is on Trinity Bay, on the opposite coast of Newfoundland from Harbour Grace. TASMAN FLIGHT. TRIAL POSTPONED. MELBOURNE, Wednesday. The trial flight of the monoplane “Aoiearoa,” which was to be held at Point Cook to-day, was postponed owing to inclement weather. The machine will be fitted with wireless and the airmen will report progress during their flight to New Zealand.