MISSING AIRMEN
SIX FLYERS LEAVE ALASKA TO SEARCH UNPARALLELED ATTEMPT VANCOUVER, Saturday. Six Canadian airmen sailed today for Alaska on an extraordinary expedition in the hope of rescuing the flj’ers Carl B. Eielson and Borland, who have been missing for several weeks. Ten days will elapse before the Canadian airmen are on the ground with their three Fairchild airplanes. They will face mid-winter conditions with the temperature often 40 or 50 degrees below zero in an unparalleled attempt to operate over the most remote districts of Siberia bordering on the Bering Straits. Eielson flew the best airplane in Alaska on his filial trip. Local aviators flying recently from Nome attempted to rescue him, but were handicapped by their inferior machines.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 853, 23 December 1929, Page 9
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120MISSING AIRMEN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 853, 23 December 1929, Page 9
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