FLIGHT TO INDIA.
THE BRITISH ATTEMPT.
NO WORD OF AIRMEN. (BT CABLE—PRSBS ABSOCIATIOW —COPTBIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN A;CT> K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received November 17th, 9.10 p.m.) LONDON, November 16. No news of any kind of Hinkler or Mcintosh has been received since they disappeared from Upavon. According to last minute advice to the Air Ministry, the airmen intended following the "great circle" route, via Berlin, Warsaw, Odessa, Afghanistan, and across the Himalayas, which is an entirely new route to India. They would thus pass over great tracts_ of country uninhabited except by possibly hostile tribes, and hill ground unsuitable for landing. At dawn to-day they excepted to climb a high pass over the dangerous Himalayas and enter India. They carried sufficient petrol to last till noon on Thursday. Clouds, mist, and rain are reported to be preventing observers from sighting tho aeroplane. [Mcintosh and Hinkler left the Upavon aerodrome on Wednesday on a non-stop flight to India. They hope to beat the long-distance record of 3905 miles established by Levine and Chamberlin in their Atlantic flight.]
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19161, 18 November 1927, Page 11
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174FLIGHT TO INDIA. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19161, 18 November 1927, Page 11
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