Basrah, Jan. 3.
Mile.
Maryse Hilsz, the noted French airwoman, who is attempt-ug to break the record fcr a flight om Saigon to Paris, is missing. She was last seen over Jask at 4.15 yesterday morning, G.M.T, on her way to Basrah, but up until late last night she had not arrived at her destination, where she is many hours overdue.
Her machine, a Caudron-Simoun, equipped with a 220 h.p. Renault engine, carries no wireless. It was gi io her by the Ministry of Air.
Mile. Hilsz, who has passed through Shanghai on two occasions n the course of flights from Paris io Tokyo. set from Paris on December 19 in an the—women's flight. record of 1. lished by the American, Miss Amelia Earhart After a forced landing, however, she gave up the attempt and instead went for the Paris-Saigon record of M. Andre Japy. This she achieved When she arrived in Saigon on the morning of December 23, completing the trip from the French capital in 92 hours and 32 minutes, or six hours and 20 minutes better than the time of M. Japy. After only a day's rest, Mile. Hilsz was back in the air again. this time to seek the Saigon-Paris record.
Her plans were to fly to France in three hops, landing at Jodhpur, Damascus and Paris, but soon bad weather compelled her to curtail her hops, She reached Akyab on December 31 and, after refuelling and taking a much-needed rest, took off for Basrah.—Reuter Damascus, Jan. 3, Mile. Maryse, Hilsz, the noted French airwoman. who is attempting to break the record for a flight from Saigon, is missing and may have been forced to land on the mountains of Iran, according to the belief of air authorities here.
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