AN AIR FLIGHT.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1927, Page 3

AN AIR FLIGHT.

(Australian Press Association it Sun. PARIS, May 11. Tl l o authorities announce l.eon N'ttngesscr, the airman’s brother is accompanying the despatch boat Ailette seeking the airmen. MISSING AIRMEN. (Received this day at 1.39 p.m.) ST. JOHNS (Newfoundland). May 13. News lrom Harbour Oraee says eonsiderablo verisimilitude is given to the reports of the possibility that the Nungesser phmc arrived on the American Continent and may have crashed in an inaccessible forest stretch near lure. Uy statements made to a magistrate by four or five responsible persons in this place that they heard the whir of an aeroplane propeller on .Mondty morning, hut were unable to see the machine due to the dense fog. It is held that since no other plane can lie traced as having flown over this region at that time, there is some reason t'> believe the machine was the one in question. "Wooded lowlands in this region are of such a nature that only an extensive search could disclose the presence of the fliers. It is understood the Newfoundland Government will order it party out to scour the area. CUT TO PIECES. LONDON, May 12. Flying-Officer " ;..t who was hilled at Maidstone, nose-dived from fifty feet. The pilot was flung through the propeller and cut to pieees.