Northwest History. Aviation 8. Wilkins' Expedition, United States.

Wilkins' Radio Stays Silent. WILKINS' RADIO STAYS SILENT FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20. (/P)—Sir George Hubert Wilkins, noted explorer who concluded a fifth Arctic flight yesterday in search of the missing soviet transpolar flyers, was unreported for 36 hours tonight, his radio apparently ha...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1937
Subjects:
Fairbanks
Alaska
George Hubert Wilkins
explorer
Arctic flight
silent
missing soviet transpolar flyers
Russians
search
Edmonton
Alta.
W. R. May
Canadian Airways
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Aviation
Alta
Arctic
Pacific
Wilkins
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86120
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Summary:Wilkins' Radio Stays Silent. WILKINS' RADIO STAYS SILENT FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20. (/P)—Sir George Hubert Wilkins, noted explorer who concluded a fifth Arctic flight yesterday in search of the missing soviet transpolar flyers, was unreported for 36 hours tonight, his radio apparently having failed. Possibility Wilkins might have crashed in the huge 17-ton flying boat chartered by the Russians for search efforts was expressed at Edmonton, Alta. by Captain W. R. May, Canadian Airways district superintendent.

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