The Archive · 1928

Hope Virtually Abandoned

London, Mar. 17.

A. search is being made for the Endeavour at the instance of the State department at Was) Apart from this, hope for Hinchelitte in virtually abandoned. There is still a slight possibility of without incident, Captain Lancaster and Mrs, Keith' Miller, who are flying to Australia in the' Avro-Avian plane Red Rose, have arrived at Buna in Sumatra, They have thus reached the last stage of their flight if they follow the same programme as Captain Hinkler, who covered the 1,000 miles, between Buna and Port Darwin in tone stage, This flight began in the! middle of October and has been adventurous, On November 1, the Red Rose was caught in a sandstorm between Palestine and Bagdad and was compelled to come down at a desert post." After it left Rangoon, Burms, a large snake found in the cock-pit, A week later the Red Rose crashed on Banka Island, off the coast of Sumatra, both Captain Lancaster and Dir, Miler being lightly jure The four Royal Air Force aeroplanes flying from Cairo to. Capetown have arrived at Bwana Mkubwa, Northern Rhodesia, "One of the machines, however, that of Air Viec-Marshal T. 1. Webb-Bowen had a mishap, White taking off it crashed and was badly damaged. None of the occupants was injure Mar. 19.

The Avro-Avian light aeroplane Red Rose, loter by Captain Las caster, with Mrs. Keith' Miller as passenger, arrived in Port Darwin @ew raver nooK:

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