AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1930, Page 6

AVIATION

.MESSAGE FROM FINDERS.

NO HOPE FOR, ETELSON AND MATE.

[United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]

NEW YORK, January 26

A message from Grandlorks, North Dakota states that Ole Biol son, the father of the flyer, has received a message from Pilots Grosson and Gillum saying: “Sorry to inform you we found Ben’s plane badly wrecked 90 miles east of North Cape, buried deep in snow. We did not locate any bodies It is very evident they were killed instantly. The pilot’s cockpit was torn away with the engine, which lies one hundred feet from the cabin. We are dispatching dog teams to excavate the snow around plane.. (Signed) Joe Qi'osson.”

ibe Eielson plane was missing 79 days. Apparently it crashed on November 9th, while attempting to reach North Cape. With Borland, Grosson, Giliam and others have been searching desperately.

RELATIVES RETAIN HOPE. NEW YORK, January 26. A message from the motor ship Manuka, at North Capo, Siberia, states: Crossoii and Gillnm, accompanied by a sailor from tho vessel and an agent of the Gostorg Trading Coy., have departed for the wreck of Eielson’s plane. They will endeavour to shovel away the snow, and find the bodies. A message from Fairbanks, Alaska states that Mrs Borland lias continued calmly to await further news of the disaster, and has refused to give up the hope that her husband and Eielson 'escaped. Others of Borland’s family at Seattle have also indicated a belief that the fliers are safe. The present great problem seems to be to call off the widespread hunt which is still going on for the fliers. Dog teams have been sent out in an attempt to reach the numerous searchers covering a wide area of land and air.

The Russian pilot Chukhnovski, after many unsuccessful attempts, left Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia, to-day, with a Moscow journalist, in an endeavour to find the missing men. Air Pilot Crossoii, who found the wreck, accompanied Eielson and Wilkins on their Polar flight. SINGH STARTS AGAIN. PARIS, January 26. Singh, the Indian flyer, has restarted in France on his flight for India, and has arrived at Dijou. He seeks the Ago Khan’s prize for tho first Indian to fly to India. POSTAL PLANES’ FEAT. LONDON, January 27. Postal planes linked Marseilles and London in four hours fifty minutes going at an average speed of 160 miles an hour, The mails were transferred to a second plane at Le Bourget, which reached London, 115 minutes later. The ordinary train route time from M.t irseillos is eighteen hours. PRAISE FOR CHICHESTER. BY LONDON PAPER, LONDON, January 26. Unstinted praise is given by the “Daily Telegraph’s” aviation expert, who declares: His untrunipeted exploit stands out as one of tlie really big flights, not only as an example of pluck and determination, hut as illustrating convincingly the utility of the light two-seater. Mr Chichester is not a professional airman or a mechanician. He is unlike Bert Hinkler, who had thousands of flying hours’ experience, in every respect, except that of attainment. He is purely an amn' ’!!•. !t was a hold undertaking for a 1 ter lea "tog the well-beaten air route to India. Chichester was dependent on his own resources.

t;:j: ypeed supremacy. FRENCH TO CHALLENGE BRITISH LONDON, January 27. Sadi Loceinte, the French ace, and Paillard, a well known pilot are practising high speed flying at Bordeaux. They are using a six hundred horsepower monoplane in readiness for the testing of a faster and more powerful monoplane in which Loceinte expects to attack in February Orlebar’s world speed record. In the meantime Britain is preparing to challenge any new time. The Gloster-Napiors used in the Schneider Cup race are being modified to give greater speeds. Orlebar and Stain forth are training in readiness to pilot them if the British record is broken. CHI OH ESTER ’ S MOVEMENTS (.Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 28. A message from Camoowcal states Chichester is still at Camoowcal. His future movements are uncertain owing to min