Lost in a Desert
\ IBM EX’S EX PER I ENGES. LONDON. December 12. The correspondent of ‘‘The Times” at Cairo says that an epic air story ~ernes from Amman. A machine living from R mures, in Palestine, to Amman which could not ho located at the aerodrome, had only a two fours' fup.pl.Y of fuel and was lust in the rugged, arid tract across the Jordan. Many machines were ordered to search, hut they could find no trace for four days. Then wandering Arabs slid they had seen the missing machine living in a north-east direction, and on a further search being made, the searchers saw a column of smoke, am! found the observer marooned on the edge of a cliff, from from which they rescued him. ’ The pilot had gone to seek help and the machines located him in ,U Bedouin camp. When they landed they kept their engines running lest they should he attacked by the Bedouins, who, howev#f. became friendly. All the airmen returned safely to Apiman,
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1921, Page 1
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170Lost in a Desert Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1921, Page 1
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